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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 does Paco do to avoid battle in "Under the Ridge"?

2. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" ask his wife to do something?

3. What does the bull love to do?

4. What is Cayetano's profession?

5. What do David and his dog find in "An African Story"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Littless do when she runs away with Nick in "The Last Good Country"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway includes some ingenious forms of irony in these stories. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the plot of the stories they are included in?

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

Sexuality is a theme presented in a number of these stories, and it is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances, and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

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