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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 the bull love to do?

2. What does the Porter use to show Jimmy a trick?

3. What is Edwin's Spanish name?

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

5. Who is Jimmy traveling with in "The Train Trip"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Blindy blinded?

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

4. What is Nick good at doing with women?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the matador do when he receives notices about his mother's grave fee?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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