View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen to Nick if he is caught in "The Last Good Country"?
(a) He will be deported.
(b) He will be arrested.
(c) He will be given community service.
(d) He will be sent to reform school.

2. Who is the woman in "One Reader Writes" writing a letter to?
(a) A medical column.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A friend.
(d) A politician.

3. What do the Fontans make in secret?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Guns.
(c) Art.
(d) Counterfeit money.

4. Why is Nick discharged from the army?
(a) His time was up.
(b) He committed a crime.
(c) Mental instability.
(d) He was badly wounded.

5. What does Nick do for the Italian soldiers?
(a) Talks to the wounded.
(b) Build morale.
(c) Delivers messages.
(d) Buries the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs away with Nick in "The Last Good Country"?

2. What does Mr. Frazer spend most of his free time doing?

3. Who pays the matador's bills while he is out of the country?

4. How long has the matador's mother been buried?

5. Where is the unique lion from in "The Good Lion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the faithful bull when he is set out to breed?

2. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

3. What secret does Helena tell Robert after she drinks absinthe?

4. What happens to Paco in "Under the Ridge"?

5. What does Edwin do when he suspects that Luis is a Fascist?

6. What does the matador do when he receives notices about his mother's grave fee?

7. What happens when Mr. Harris is eating at a train station restaurant?

8. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" wish to present his information about death?

9. What causes an attack on the house Edwin is living in in "Landscape with Figures"?

10. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 716 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample