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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick tell his friend during their conversation?
(a) That he and his wife are building a new house
(b) That he is taking a new job
(c) That his wife is pregnant
(d) That he has some great stock tips

2. Who sleeps in the big mediaeval bed?
(a) The Elliots' dog
(b) The Elliots' guests
(c) Mrs. Elliot and her female lover
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Elliot

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

4. What are Mr. and Mrs. Elliot unsuccessful at achieving?
(a) Remodeling the kitchen
(b) Having a baby
(c) Learning French
(d) Buying a house

5. What cheers Nick's mood?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Sunshine
(c) Reality TV
(d) Steak dinner

6. What is Joe's father's bad habit?
(a) Smoking
(b) Fixing horse races
(c) Gambling
(d) Drinking too much

7. What does the wife tell the maid that she wanted?
(a) Room service
(b) Her car
(c) Her dry cleaning
(d) The cat

8. What is Hubert's wife's name?
(a) Catherine
(b) Camille
(c) Connie
(d) Cornelia

9. Who is Joe in the story for Chapter 13?
(a) A plumber
(b) The narrator
(c) A fisherman
(d) Nick's new friend

10. Who joins the Elliot household?
(a) Cornelia's friend from back home
(b) A nanny
(c) A housekeeper
(d) A gardener

11. How does Mrs. Elliot fill her days?
(a) Baking cookies
(b) Typing Mr. Elliot's poetry
(c) Working in the garden
(d) Tutoring high school students

12. What does the maid give the wife?
(a) Fresh towels
(b) A hair dryer
(c) An umbrella
(d) Clean laundry

13. How old is Hubert?
(a) 21
(b) 25
(c) 35
(d) 22

14. What does the wife tell her husband?
(a) She wants to adopt the dog
(b) She wants to rescue the cat
(c) She wants to get help for the old man
(d) She wants to adopt the child

15. What is a cogida?
(a) Spanish wine
(b) Goring
(c) Matador hat
(d) Mexican sandwich

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick's wife's name?

2. What is sitting under a table in the rain?

3. What is the last news of the traveler?

4. For what does the husband apologize to his wife?

5. Who does the wife speak to on her way out of the building?

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