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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. Jake says that the first meal in Spain is "always a shock". What does the meal consist of?
(a) Rolled olive leaves, smoked fish, and spicy vegetables
(b) Poached eggs with cheese sauce, spicy beans, hot vegetable stew
(c) Spicy beans with hot sauce, spicy vegetables, dried beef
(d) Hors d'oeuvres, an egg course, two meat courses, vegetables, salad, dessert and fruit with wine to wash it down

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

3. Where did Brett's husband, Ashley, make her sleep?
(a) In a hotel room
(b) On the floor
(c) In the servant's quarters
(d) In the guest room

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gifts does Wilson-Harris give to Jake and Bill when they leave for Pamplona?

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

3. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?

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

5. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

7. 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?

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

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

10. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?

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