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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 term used for the hour after dinner when the pretty girls, officers from the garrison, and the fashionable people walk in the square of Pamplona and the cafes fill up?
(a) The aficio
(b) The sombra
(c) The paseo
(d) The fiesta

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?

2. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?

3. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?

4. What is an aficionado?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

6. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

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

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

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

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

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