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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 do Harry and Wesley sell?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Electronics.
(c) Illegal liquor.
(d) Drugs.

2. Who is Enrique waiting for in "Nobody Ever Dies"?
(a) Carla.
(b) Maria.
(c) Juanita.
(d) Gabrielle.

3. What does the narrator of "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" do at the end of the day?
(a) Get drunk in a bar.
(b) Try to sleep amidst the sounds of bombs.
(c) Wash off the blood and enjoy his spoils.
(d) Be with any woman that will have him.

4. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?
(a) Noble and proud.
(b) Deep and profound.
(c) Inhuman and meaningless.
(d) Disgusting and real.

5. Who loses much of Harry's equipment?
(a) Billy.
(b) Mr. Johnson.
(c) Mr. Sing.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nick discharged from the army?

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

3. What is Stevie's last name?

4. Where are the soldiers hiding in "Under the Ridge"?

5. Who is the woman in "One Reader Writes" writing a letter to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Stevie's father disappointed in him?

3. What does Al ask Edwin the night before he heads off to battle?

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

5. What is Nick good at doing with women?

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

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

8. What happens to the three men who Harry refuses to take to the U.S. one day?

9. What does David regret doing in "An African Story"?

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

(see the answer keys)

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