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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. Who does Harold live with when he returns home from the war?
(a) His wife.
(b) His parents.
(c) His brother.
(d) His girlfriend.

2. What is the name of the favored cafy in "In Another Country"?
(a) The Cafe.
(b) The Cove.
(c) The Cova.
(d) The Cave.

3. Who does the American woman say makes the best husbands?
(a) American men.
(b) French men.
(c) German men.
(d) British men.

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

5. Where does 'Cat in the Rain' take place?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Italy.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Francis Macomber?

2. What is the old man at the bridge hiding from?

3. What important question does a major have for an orderly?

4. What does the American soldier in Italy just survive?

5. What is Luz's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harold's one criteria in a wife?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Nick's father tell him on the 4th of July, and how does Nick respond?

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

8. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?

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

10. What does the narrator tell the old man at the bridge to do, and why does he not listen?

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