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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bull fighter that Montoya introduces to Jake and Bill?
(a) Pedro Romero
(b) Jose Fermin
(c) Pedro Iruna
(d) Señor Gayarra

2. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?
(a) She finds out she is very sick.
(b) She is hopelessly in love with Pedro Romero.
(c) She is still in love with Jake.
(d) She thinks she drinks too much.

3. What does Bill reveal to Jake after they finish bantering about Henry's bicycle?
(a) He says that Jake is a good guy and Bill is fonder of him than anyone else.
(b) He says that Jake needs to stop being such a whiner.
(c) He says that Jake is more annoying than anyone else he knows.
(d) He says that Jake is too sensitive.

4. What part of the countryside did Jake's bus travel after stopping at the posada to drop off packages?
(a) Through a soot covered mill town
(b) Through the crowded city streets
(c) Through farming country with rocky hills
(d) Through rough, rocky plains

5. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?
(a) Jake tells Cohn to find other friends.
(b) Cohn is angry that Jake takes Mike's side against him.
(c) Jake refuses to tell him where Brett is.
(d) Jake tells Cohn that he loves Brett.

6. Did Jake and Bill have any luck fishing after their long hike into the valley of the Rio de la Fabrica?
(a) Jake catches six trout but Bill has no luck.
(b) Jake catches six trout and Bill catches four.
(c) They each catch one trout.
(d) They don't get any bites all morning.

7. What is the term used for the hour after dinner when the pretty girls, officers from the garrison, and the fashionable people walk in the square of Pamplona and the cafes fill up?
(a) The fiesta
(b) The sombra
(c) The paseo
(d) The aficio

8. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?
(a) A gloomy Spanish town with dark, unkempt streets
(b) A nice Spanish town, very clean, on a large river
(c) A smelly Spanish town with a rancid river running through it
(d) A dirty Spanish town, cluttered with litter

9. When Jake returns to his room after his fight with Cohn, Bill tells him that Cohn wants to see him. What does Cohn want from Jake?
(a) To continue the fight
(b) The whereabouts of Brett
(c) An apology
(d) Forgiveness

10. Why do all the passengers sit on top of the bus before it leaves for Baguete?
(a) To get a better view of the town
(b) It is such a hot day; they sit on top of the bus and fan themselves.
(c) It is too smelly inside the bus.
(d) The inside of the bus is full of packages.

11. What advice does Bill give Jake about dreaming after they wake up from their afternoon nap?
(a) Dreaming eases the burdens of the day.
(b) Dreaming is for children.
(c) Jake should dream because all the successful businessmen are dreamers.
(d) Don't pay any attention to dreams. They don't have any meaning.

12. What does the bull fight critic say about Pedro Romero's performance in the ring when Jake is having a drink with them?
(a) He says that Romero's work is good but incomplete.
(b) He says that Romero is the best fighter he has ever seen.
(c) He says that Romero is just an amateur.
(d) He says that Romero should find another line of work.

13. What does Robert Cohn do when he finds Brett and Pedro Romero in bed together?
(a) He screams that he never wants to see Brett again.
(b) He runs out the door crying.
(c) He gives Romero a brutal beating.
(d) He slaps Brett and drags her out the door.

14. As Jake, Bill, and Cohen drive across the plain to Pamplona, what is their first view of the town?
(a) The walls of Pamplona rise out of the plain, then a brown cathedral and other churches. The mountains are all around.
(b) Pamplona's walls lead up to the town which has only a bull ring in its center.
(c) Pamplona is on top of a high mountain with small huts around the perimeter.
(d) Pamplona is obscured by forests on a flat piece of land.

15. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?
(a) Too little caffeine
(b) Not enough exercise
(c) Not enough reading
(d) Fake European standards

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jake feel about Robert Cohn after Brett does not show up on the train?

2. What type of artwork is hanging from the walls in Jake's hotel?

3. What does Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?

4. What types of emotion do Jake and his friends feel after the bull fight is over?

5. Where did Brett's husband, Ashley, make her sleep?

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