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

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

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

4. What is the name of the religious festival celebrated on July 6?
(a) San Sombra
(b) San Riau
(c) San Fermin
(d) San Pamplona

5. What gifts does Wilson-Harris give to Jake and Bill when they leave for Pamplona?
(a) He gives them each a new rod.
(b) He gives them each a bottle of wine.
(c) He gives them each a goatskin flask.
(d) He gives each of them an envelope with flies for fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the cost for room and board at Jake's hotel in Burguete?

4. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?

5. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the feelings that Brett reveals to Jake about Pedro Romero?

2. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

3. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

4. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

5. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?

6. How do the pictures on the walls of Jake's and Bill's hotel in Burguete add to the coldness of the room?

7. On the day the bull fights are to take place, Cohn tells Bill and Jake that he hopes he won't be bored at the bull fight. What is Bill's reaction to Cohn's comment?

8. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

9. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?

10. Jake and Bill meet a Basque who lived in America forty years before. What parts of America had he visited and why did he return to Spain?

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