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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. Where are the Roman soldiers meeting in "Today is Friday"?
(a) Their base camp.
(b) A graveyard.
(c) A train station.
(d) A wine cellar.

2. Who makes Nick dinner on the 4th of July?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

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

4. Where is the young couple sitting in "A Sea Change"?
(a) A train station.
(b) A bar.
(c) A park bench.
(d) A house.

5. How long has the woman in the Indian camp been in labor when the doctor is brought in?
(a) 36 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 20 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manuel Garcia dream of being?

2. Why is the narrator put in prison?

3. What does Dr. Adams do while he is talking to his wife after fighting with Dick?

4. What is the name of Nick's girlfriend on the 4th of July?

5. Where does William Campbell work previously?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the patient want to be castrated, and what happens to him?

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

3. How does Paco from "The Capital of the World" die?

4. What does the young couple reveal to the older American woman as the train stops?

5. What happens on the first day of Francis Macomber's hunting trip?

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

7. What is given precedence over the man who dies in "Banal Story"?

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

9. How does Joey's father die, and how do the other men respond to this death?

10. How does the American couple feel about the trip Peduzzi takes them on, and why?

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