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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 waiters working in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?
(a) A cafy.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A diner.
(d) A bar.

2. What does the American soldier in Italy just survive?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Being stabbed.
(c) A bombing.
(d) A duel.

3. Why is Guy stopped by a fascist officer?
(a) He looks like a socialist.
(b) He is carrying weapons.
(c) His license plate is dirty.
(d) He ate in a brothel.

4. How many Roman soldiers are talked about in "Today is Friday"?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What disfigures the peasant's wife's face?
(a) The freezing temperatures.
(b) Hanging a lantern from her lips.
(c) Rats gnawing on her.
(d) The weight of the snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the old man at the bridge?

2. Why does the boy think the girl wants to do the unnamed activity?

3. What does the American soldier's commander tell him to do?

4. What happens to Tom and his friend at the beginning of "Light of the World"?

5. Why is the narrator put in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl tell the boy in "The Sea Change", and how does he respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Nick tell Anderson, and how does Anderson respond?

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

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