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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Adam's favorite cafe?
(a) El Poco.
(b) El Jiro.
(c) El Hiro.
(d) El Rincon.

2. Which friend does Adam often write emails to?
(a) Henry.
(b) John.
(c) Billy.
(d) Cyrus.

3. Who is Adam's contact at the foundation?
(a) Maria Jose.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Arturo.

4. What do Isabel and Adam tend to do at the same time?
(a) Eat.
(b) Wake up.
(c) Go to class.
(d) Go to work.

5. What does Adam think he will never do again after leaving Spain?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Lie.
(c) Love a woman.
(d) Eat chorizo.

6. What is Tomas's third poem that Adam hears him read?
(a) Richardson.
(b) Work Dream.
(c) Helios.
(d) My Pledge.

7. What did Isabel once fight with her aunt about?
(a) Isabel's ex-boyfriend.
(b) The pool.
(c) Money.
(d) School.

8. What does Adam think of the applause that follows Arturo's translations?
(a) It is non-existant.
(b) It is magical.
(c) It is minimal.
(d) It seems unusually long and loud.

9. What does Adam drink with Arturo?
(a) Mojitos.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Gin and tonics.

10. What major world event is happening when Adam is in Spain?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Greek War.
(c) The Iraq War.
(d) The Russian War.

11. How many notebooks does Adam usually carry?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

12. What does Adam think almost every Spanish movie made since 1975 is about?
(a) Eating.
(b) Killing.
(c) Politics.
(d) Making love.

13. What does Adam tell Rufina his parents do?
(a) Accountants.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Landscapers.
(d) Lawyers.

14. What is the name Adam uses for the things he rolls and smokes?
(a) Hafa.
(b) Runi.
(c) Spliff.
(d) Joint.

15. What does Adam try hard to imagine his poems' relation to in Part II?
(a) The classroom.
(b) The recession.
(c) Franco's mass graves.
(d) The Iraq War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actively repels Adam's attention?

2. Why does Adam say he wrongly laughed at Isabel's story?

3. What surprises Adam about Rufina when he meets her?

4. Why is Adam in Spain?

5. What kind of poet is the one Abel likened Adam to?

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