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

2. Who hits Adam in Part I?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Jose.
(c) Miguel.
(d) Oscar.

3. What actively repels Adam's attention?
(a) Music.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Sports.
(d) Ballet.

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

5. What is Adam worried he is incapable of?
(a) Loving someone.
(b) Having a profound experience of art.
(c) Being a good son.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Adam tell Rufina he thought when he came to Spain?

3. What kind of manner does Tomas exhibit during his reading?

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

5. Who reads his poems before Adam in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What shocking lie does Adam tell Teresa when they first meet?

4. How does Adam meet Teresa?

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

6. What is the first unkind thing Isabel says to Adam?

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

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

9. How does Rufina react to Adam's revelation that his parents are psychologists?

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

(see the answer keys)

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