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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first unkind thing Isabel says to Adam?
(a) Telling him his poetry is bad.
(b) Telling him he drinks too much.
(c) Telling him he eats too much.
(d) Telling him the people of Iraq are looking forward to hearing his poem on Franco and his economy.

2. How does Cyrus try to save someone's life?
(a) By doing scientific research.
(b) By doing CPR.
(c) By putting a tourniquet on.
(d) By driving them to the hospital.

3. What does Adam tell Rufina his mother does?
(a) She is a baker.
(b) She is a butcher.
(c) She is a well-known feminist.
(d) She is a well-known writer.

4. Where did Adam grow up?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Topeka.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Atlanta.

5. Who is Cyrus's girlfriend?
(a) Jane.
(b) Mica.
(c) Rufina.
(d) Eleanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adam think almost every Spanish movie made since 1975 is about?

2. Who is Arturo's boyfriend?

3. Where does Adam meet Arturo?

4. What is Tomas's third poem that Adam hears him read?

5. What does Adam tell Isabel to hurt her feelings in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who performs very dramatically ahead of Adam's readings in Part II?

2. Who does Adam meet that is a turning point in his project in Part I?

3. What does Arturo do for Adam as Adam reads his poems?

4. Who does Adam intend to hurt buy telling her about his reading he did not invite her to?

5. Who does Isabel take Adam to visit in her family?

6. What does Adam think of Arturo's English skills?

7. How does Cyrus feel Jane reacted to the tragedy they experienced together?

8. What does Adam tell Rufina about going back to America?

9. What does Adam learn about the siesta time in Madrid?

10. What does Adam think of Tomas's poetry?

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