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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 Isabel always doing, according to Adam?
(a) Wrapping or unwrapping her hair.
(b) Walking somewhere.
(c) Drinking coffee.
(d) Eating.

2. Where does Adam meet Arturo?
(a) School.
(b) A beach.
(c) A bar.
(d) A cafe.

3. What does Adam often smoke?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hash.
(c) Flavored vape.
(d) Menthols.

4. What kind of poet is the one Abel likened Adam to?
(a) A revolutionary.
(b) A post-modernist.
(c) A realist.
(d) A reactionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Cyrus's girlfriend?

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

4. Who does Adam especially have contempt for?

5. What is Adam worried he is incapable of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam communicate with his friend Cyrus?

2. How does Rufina treat Adam the one time they meet?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Adam often do in Part I, ostensibly as part of his fellowship project?

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

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

10. In Part II, what terrible story does Cyrus tell Adam?

(see the answer keys)

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