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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Today Is Friday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people were relieved that Manuel was dead in "Banal Story"?
(a) His family.
(b) Bullfighters.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Women.

2. In "Hills Like White Elephants," what does the girl think that everything tastes like?
(a) Licorice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Chocolate.

3. In "Banal Story," what did men and boys buy to remember Manuel Garcia by?
(a) Bullfighting tickets.
(b) Red capes.
(c) Newspapers of the day he died.
(d) Full-length colored pictures.

4. What does the main character of "Banal Story" think is everywhere, based on what he is reading?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Romance.
(c) War.
(d) Heartache.

5. What kind of portraits do they see in the restaurant in Spezia in the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"
(a) Portraits of soldiers.
(b) Portraits of Italian women.
(c) Portraits of Hitler.
(d) Portraits of Mussolini.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ten Indians," who won the ball game they had gone to see?

2. In "In Another country," what sport does the doctor tell the young officer he will return to playing like a champion?

3. How much does Jack weigh before the fight in the story "Fifty Grand"?

4. In "The Killers," who get’s tied up together by the killers?

5. In "A Canary For One," why had the American couple been in Vevey?

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