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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 is the narrator in "The Black Ass at the Cross Roads" doing?
(a) Robbing travelers.
(b) Killing Germans.
(c) Sniping Frenchmen.
(d) Patrolling the area.

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

3. What is something Stevie and his father do together often?
(a) Go shooting.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Read poetry.

4. Who is Odgar in love with?
(a) Kate.
(b) Kim.
(c) Katrina.
(d) Kelly.

5. Where is Edwin's friend, John from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Stevie do that wins a prize?

3. Who is Nick driving with in "Fathers and Sons"?

4. What is Edwin's job during the Spanish Civil War?

5. Where do Wesley and Harry get the wares they sell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

4. What do the Fontans make in secret, and why is it so secret?

5. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

6. What happens when Harry and Wesley meet Captain Willie?

7. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

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

9. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

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

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