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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nick's goal?
(a) Become regional sales director at work
(b) To heal and live with no consequences
(c) Find a new position on Wall Street
(d) Get married next year

2. What part of the area does Nick avoid?
(a) The swamp
(b) The rapids
(c) The quicksand
(d) The forest

3. Where is the first race of the season on the racing circuit?
(a) Italy
(b) Kentucky
(c) Switzerland
(d) France

4. What does Nick use for bait?
(a) Night crawlers
(b) Worms
(c) Grasshoppers
(d) Nothing

5. Why are two men killed in the story?
(a) Robbing a cigar store
(b) Robbing a liquor store
(c) Robbing a bank
(d) Shooting a cop

6. What does Nick carry with him on the train?
(a) Laptop
(b) Camping gear
(c) Photos
(d) Books

7. What does the traveler think that Italy is?
(a) The most beautiful country he has ever seen
(b) So depressing he cannot wait to leave
(c) A haven for art and culture enthusiasts
(d) The start of everything for the Communist party

8. What does Peduzzi try to get before leaving the young American man?
(a) An advance for fishing tomorrow
(b) A job reference
(c) A tip
(d) A bottle of wine

9. What is Joe's father's profession?
(a) Welder
(b) Electrician
(c) Plumber
(d) Jockey

10. How is the person from #101 traveling?
(a) By train
(b) By bicycle
(c) By automobile
(d) By plane

11. What do Nick and his friend realize as they talk?
(a) They have been overcharged on their bill
(b) This is the last time they will go skiing together
(c) They were both once in love with the same girl
(d) The waitress has been eavesdropping

12. Where does Joe play with the other children?
(a) The lake and forest
(b) The playground
(c) The video arcade
(d) The streets

13. Where do Nick and his friend stop for a meal?
(a) An inn
(b) The Hyatt
(c) A truck stop
(d) McDonald's

14. The story in Chapter 8 is not so much a story as a ______________________.
(a) novel
(b) poem
(c) essay
(d) character sketch

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Elliot fill her days?

2. What is the topic of the story in Chapter 15?

3. What happens to Joe's father?

4. What kind of feeling does the wife have when the hotel keeper bows to her?

5. Where are the young man and his wife staying?

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