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

2. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road
(b) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside
(c) To make room for the wild goats on the hillside
(d) To give room to six mules pulling a heavily loaded freight wagon

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

4. What fortune does Brett give to Pedro Romero when she reads his palm?
(a) There are thousands of bulls in his life and he will live a long time.
(b) He will fall in love very soon.
(c) She sees fear in his palm.
(d) He will live a long life but give up bull fighting.

5. What is the procedure to cross the border from France into Spain?
(a) The Spanish carabineers open one bag and look at the passport.
(b) The Spanish carabineers empty every bag and check the passport.
(c) The Spanish carabineers do not bother with the bags, but check the passport.
(d) The Spanish carabineers do a full body search on each traveler and check the passport.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Did Jake and Bill have any luck fishing after their long hike into the valley of the Rio de la Fabrica?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Cohn wants to see Jake after knocking him unconscious. Does Jake go to see Cohn or does he decide against it? Explain.

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

6. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?

7. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

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

9. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

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

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