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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nick get home after ending his relationship with Marjorie?
(a) Rows a boat.
(b) Swims.
(c) Rides a bike.
(d) Walks.

2. Where does Jim make love to Liz?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In an alley.
(c) At his house.
(d) In a warehouse.

3. What kind of people stay at the Luarca hotel?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Bullfighters.
(d) Wealthy tourists.

4. What does the bartender compliment the young man on in "A Sea Change"?
(a) His patience.
(b) His tan.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His girlfriend.

5. What does Manuel Garcia dream of being?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A bullfighter.
(d) An actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation does Jim have?

2. What is Luz's occupation?

3. What day does the man who recently asked Dr. Wilcox for help bleed to death?

4. Where are the waiters working in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

5. Where are the Roman soldiers meeting in "Today is Friday"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the officers in "In Another Country" doing in Milan?

2. What do the waiters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" talk about after the old deaf man leaves?

3. Why is Harold's mother worried about him when he returns from the war, and what does she have him do?

4. What happens to the Indian woman's husband while she is undergoing a C-Section?

5. What is the story behind the burial that the two men witness while skiing?

6. What do Dr. Adams and Dick argue about?

7. What does the narrator in "After the Storm" regret when he gets out of prison?

8. Who does the American soldier talk with during the night, and what is said?

9. What does the American wife do when she hears a cat caught in the rain?

10. Why is Guy's car stopped as he travels through Italy, and what does he have to do to continue?

(see the answer keys)

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