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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bill and Jake sit down to eat lunch after fishing and have an amusing conversation about the different men they went to college with. Which men do they mention?
(a) Bryan, Mencken, Frankie Fritsch, Bishop Manning, and Wayne Wheeler
(b) Harris, Henry Ford, Roosevelt, and Wheeler
(c) Bishop Manning, Henry James, Fitzgerald, and Roosevelt
(d) Henry James, Abraham Lincoln, Grant, and Keats

2. What is morality, according to Jake?
(a) Being kind to one another
(b) What they teach in church.
(c) Helping your neighbor
(d) Things that make you disgusted.

3. 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) Forgiveness
(b) The whereabouts of Brett
(c) To continue the fight
(d) An apology

4. What item does Pedro Romero give to his sword-handler to bring to Brett who is sitting in the stands?
(a) His gold-brocaded cape
(b) His black, silk sash
(c) His tri-cornered hat
(d) His leather gloves

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

6. How does Pedro Romero's bull fighting invoke emotion in the crowd?
(a) He loudly cheers each time the bull passes him.
(b) He corkscrews his body and leans away from the bull as it runs by.
(c) He uses many tricks to make it look like he is in danger.
(d) He keeps the purity of line in his movements, letting the bull's horns pass closely by him.

7. What meal is served to Jake and Bill their first night in the hotel?
(a) Roast chicken, grapes, boiled vegetables, and wine
(b) Fried steak, olives, grapes, wine
(c) Vegetable soup, fried trout, stew, strawberries and wine
(d) Salad, eggs, olives, hot rum

8. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?
(a) Rainy and windy
(b) Very cold
(c) Hot and sunny
(d) Humid and stifling

9. 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.

10. What type of artwork is hanging from the walls in Jake's hotel?
(a) Bull-fighting paintings
(b) Portraits of famous visitors to the hotel
(c) Dead rabbits, dead pheasants, and dead ducks
(d) Spanish landscapes

11. How long does the fiesta last?
(a) One day and night
(b) Only daytime celebrations for seven days
(c) Day and night for seven days
(d) Day and night for three days

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

13. What is it called when the bulls are let into the corral with the steers?
(a) Desencajonada
(b) Picadores
(c) Aficionado
(d) Ustedes

14. What is the name of the hotel that Jake, Bill and Cohen stay at in Pamplona?
(a) Hotel Montoya
(b) Hotel Bayonne
(c) Hotel Torino
(d) Hotel Basque

15. What does Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?
(a) Comical and nonchalant
(b) Serious and ready to work
(c) Ironical and full of pity
(d) Adamant and angry

Short Answer Questions

1. What fortune does Brett give to Pedro Romero when she reads his palm?

2. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?

3. What is the procedure to cross the border from France into Spain?

4. What is the name of the religious festival celebrated on July 6?

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

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