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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 did it mean when the Basque said "Arriba" to Bill and Jake?
(a) Stop drinking
(b) Put it down
(c) Lift it up
(d) Put the cork on

2. 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) Salad, eggs, olives, hot rum
(d) Vegetable soup, fried trout, stew, strawberries and wine

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

4. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?
(a) Cohn is angry that Jake takes Mike's side against him.
(b) Jake tells Cohn to find other friends.
(c) Jake refuses to tell him where Brett is.
(d) Jake tells Cohn that he loves Brett.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?

3. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?

4. What do Bill and Cohn make a bet over while eating at the Hotel Montoya?

5. How is Robert Cohn feeling while he and Jake wait for Brett's train to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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