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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Matador confess to the narrator at the cafe?
(a) He is terminally ill
(b) He is not a very good bullfighter
(c) He is quitting the profession
(d) He never wanted to be a bullfighter

2. What job did the narrator have in the war?
(a) Supplies
(b) Chaplain
(c) Reporter
(d) Kitchen

3. In the Memoir for Chapter 5, what are the condemned army officers covered with before their execution?
(a) Wet, dead leaves
(b) Paint
(c) Olive oil
(d) Hoods

4. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?
(a) A primitive caesarean section for a breech birth
(b) Fires burning all around the camp
(c) Wounds from knife fights
(d) Floods washing away the cabins

5. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.
(a) forgetting the matches
(b) laughing at the wrong moments
(c) knowing everything
(d) tipping the boat

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joe play with the other children?

2. What does Bill's father say makes drunkards?

3. What does Bugs offer to Nick?

4. What does Nick tell his friend during their conversation?

5. What is the narrator doing in the Memoir?

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