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

2. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?
(a) The short, abrupt message annoys them.
(b) The overly long message annoys them.
(c) The lateness of the message annoys them.
(d) The tone of the message annoys them.

3. What is it called when the bulls are let into the corral with the steers?
(a) Ustedes
(b) Desencajonada
(c) Picadores
(d) Aficionado

4. How long does the fiesta last?
(a) Only daytime celebrations for seven days
(b) Day and night for three days
(c) One day and night
(d) Day and night for seven days

5. What item does Pedro Romero give to his sword-handler to bring to Brett who is sitting in the stands?
(a) His tri-cornered hat
(b) His leather gloves
(c) His black, silk sash
(d) His gold-brocaded cape

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the spectators react when they feel they are cheated by Belmonte's bull fight?

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

3. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?

4. What is the name of the bull fighter that Montoya introduces to Jake and Bill?

5. When Romero says that he kills his friends, to whom is he referring?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

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

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

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

8. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?

9. 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?

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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