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

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

3. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?
(a) They sit in front of the fireplace.
(b) They go for a run through the town.
(c) They go to bed and read.
(d) They put on extra layers of clothing.

4. What is one of the methods smugglers use to cross from France into Spain?
(a) They try to convince other travelers to hide them in their vehicles.
(b) They wade across the stream.
(c) They wait for nightfall and sneak through the Spanish frontier.
(d) They take boats down the stream.

5. What did a Basque offer to Jake and Bill as they waited in the heat for the bus to leave for Burguete?
(a) A drink from a big leather wine bag
(b) Fruit from a wicker basket
(c) Raw meat wrapped in grape leaves
(d) Goat's milk

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the spectators do on the morning of the first day of the bull fights?

2. How long does the fiesta last?

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

4. What keepsake does Romero hand to Brett after he kills the last bull?

5. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

6. Relate why Montoya, the hotel owner in Pamplona, smiles at Jake and asks if Bill is an aficionado?

7. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

8. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

9. How does Pedro Romero view the bulls that he fights?

10. Compare the weather as Bill and Jake depart on the bus to Burguete and the weather upon their arrival at Burguete. What images are given to describe the weather?

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