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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Harry and Wesley sell?

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

3. What does the narrator ask the matador to do?

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

5. Where does Nick make love to Bill's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Nick think about while he is driving with his son?

8. What is Nick good at doing with women?

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

10. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Failure is a strong theme in these stories. Which of the plot lines best displays this theme, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in these stories. Which characters are most affected by despair, and how does this change the course of the plots they are involved in?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in these stories are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters, and how do their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Are these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

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