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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reads his poems before Adam in Part I?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Tomas.
(d) Rina.

2. What city does Adam live in?
(a) Grenada.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Seville.

3. Where is the gallery Adam reads at?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Alicante.
(d) Salamanca.

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

5. What kind of pills does Adam regularly take?
(a) Allergy pills.
(b) Tranquilizers.
(c) No pills.
(d) Diet pills.

6. Who is Arturo's boyfriend?
(a) Rafa.
(b) Michael.
(c) Henry.
(d) John.

7. Why does Adam tell Rufina he had told Isabel his mother was dead?
(a) He hates his mother.
(b) His mother is sick.
(c) He loves his mother too much.
(d) He really was an orphan.

8. What is Adam's last name?
(a) Henries.
(b) Smithson.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Michaels.

9. What does Adam think his own poems offer people?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A canvas on which to project their own belief in the possibility of poetic experience.
(c) Solace.
(d) High regard.

10. Why does Adam say he wrongly laughed at Isabel's story?
(a) His Spanish is bad.
(b) He has anxiety disorder.
(c) He does not hear very well.
(d) He is drunk.

11. What surprises Adam about Rufina when he meets her?
(a) She is older than he thought.
(b) She is richer than he thought.
(c) She is younger than he thought.
(d) Nothing.

12. What does Adam tell Rufina he thought when he came to Spain?
(a) He could be famous.
(b) He does not really know who he is.
(c) He could be whatever he wanted to people.
(d) He could be nasty.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Adam to read his poetry in front of people?

2. Who is Adam's Spanish tutor?

3. Who comes to Adam's reading with Maria Jose?

4. Where does Adam go with Teresa and Arturo the first time he meets them?

5. What does Adam often smoke?

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