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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. What does a man recently ask Dr. Wilcox to do for him before trying to do it himself?
(a) Intubation.
(b) Castration.
(c) Lobotamy.
(d) Appendectomy.

2. What does Peduzzi take an American couple out to do?
(a) Sight-see.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Escape.
(d) Fish.

3. What is Paco doing when he dies?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Pretending to bullfight.

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

5. Who are Al and Max looking for?
(a) Anderson.
(b) George.
(c) Bill.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bartender compliment the young man on in "A Sea Change"?

2. Where is the young couple sitting when they talk about an unnamed activity?

3. What is Harold ashamed of when he returns home from the war?

4. What does Harry dream about before he dies?

5. What is the name of the horse that kills Joey's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nick doing when he meets Adolph Francis and Bugs?

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

3. How does Nick feel about his life in 'Big Two-Hearted River'?

4. What are the two prostitutes in "The Light of the World" arguing about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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