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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 does Nick talk to the Italian soldiers about?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Crickets.

2. What does the farmer have the bull do when he gets older?
(a) Breed.
(b) Fight.
(c) Be butchered.
(d) Lead.

3. What does the narrator ask the matador to do?
(a) Pay him back.
(b) Quit drugs.
(c) Pay the bill for his mother's grave.
(d) Find some work.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cayetano's profession?

2. Who loses much of Harry's equipment?

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

4. What is Al's profession?

5. What is Mr. Johnson sad about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nick good at doing with women?

2. What does Nick do for the Italian army after he has been discharged?

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

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

5. What does Jimmy witness on "The Train Trip"?

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

7. What is the woman writing to the medical column about in "One Reader Writes"?

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

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

10. How does Cayetano spend his days in the hospital?

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