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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?
(a) So the women could hang flowers from the posts for the fiesta
(b) To prevent the bulls from running down the side streets when they were released into the street the next morning.
(c) For the fiesta parade the next day
(d) To make a place for tying the spectator's horses during the bull fight

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

4. Where does Jake go after he leaves the archivist's office?
(a) He goes to the barber and takes a bath.
(b) He walks to the bull-fighting arena, sits in the stands and thinks.
(c) He walks back to the Hotel Montoya and takes a nap.
(d) He walks to the cathedral, goes inside and prays.

5. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?
(a) Barren, forgettable countryside with small, dirty villages
(b) The land is very rich and green with houses in good, clean condition.
(c) Overdeveloped land with many roads and vehicles
(d) Dry, infertile land with small thatched huts scattered throughout

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 and Bill catches four.
(b) Jake catches six trout but Bill has no luck.
(c) They don't get any bites all morning.
(d) They each catch one trout.

7. 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) Forgiveness
(d) An apology

8. 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) Jake refuses to tell him where Brett is.
(c) Jake tells Cohn that he loves Brett.
(d) Cohn is angry that Jake takes Mike's side against him.

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

10. How is Robert Cohn feeling while he and Jake wait for Brett's train to arrive?
(a) He is nonchalant.
(b) He is feverish and shaky.
(c) He is extremely nervous and eager.
(d) He is relaxed and pleasant.

11. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?
(a) They decide that Jake and Cohn will go on to Burgete, and Bill will wait for Brett.
(b) They decide to go to San Sebastian to meet Brett and Mike.
(c) They decide to take the noon bus for Burguete.
(d) They decide to wait until the next day before they go to Burguete.

12. What is Cohn's response when Bill suggests that he not look at the horses when the bull gores them?
(a) Cohn says that he is only worried that he will be bored.
(b) Cohn is worried he might faint at the sight of the horse's blood.
(c) Cohn tells Bill to mind his own business.
(d) Cohn is afraid he will not be able to look at the dying horses.

13. Bill mentions that Romero's face looks badly bruised. What is Brett's reply?
(a) That Cohn is to blame.
(b) That it isn't as bad as it looks.
(c) That Romero is hurt, but he will be fine
(d) That Romero is badly hurt and should be in bed

14. What is the mood of Jake, Brett, and Cohn on the day before the fiesta?
(a) They feel good, healthy and friendly.
(b) They are uncomfortable and edgy.
(c) They feel guilty for the argument the night before.
(d) They are ill from too much wine the night before.

15. What does Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?
(a) He says that Cohn is out of his mind.
(b) He asks her to go back to Paris with him.
(c) He tells her that he is sorry Romero got hurt.
(d) He tells her she should expect trouble if she associates with Jews and bull fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when the bulls are let into the corral with the steers?

2. How does Mike compare Cohn to a steer?

3. How does Jake feel after the fiesta and the bull fighting?

4. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?

5. Why do all the passengers sit on top of the bus before it leaves for Baguete?

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