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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sala and Paul buy before they go to Yeamon's?
(a) Rum
(b) Beer
(c) Girls
(d) Guns

2. What language does the old man speak?
(a) German
(b) Spanish
(c) Irish
(d) French

3. Who paid for the ale?
(a) Joe Deakin
(b) Phil Rollins
(c) Jack Dawes
(d) Johnny Goodwin

4. Who is Paul supposed to meet at the airport?
(a) The mayor of Miami
(b) The mayor of New York
(c) Queen Elizabeth
(d) The American President

5. What happens to Sala in this chapter?
(a) He has a heart attack
(b) He loses all of his money
(c) He has an asthma attack
(d) He has a seizure

6. What part of San Juan does Al live in?
(a) Calle O'Leary
(b) Horace Timms
(c) The British Quarter
(d) Dermot O'Leary

7. What do the children make fun of?
(a) Sala's limp
(b) Sala's car
(c) Sala's moustache
(d) Sala's hair

8. Who quits a few days after Yeamon is fired?
(a) The copywriter
(b) The copyeditor
(c) The city editor
(d) The magazine editor

9. Who does Paul meet at Al's?
(a) Yeamon
(b) Sanderson
(c) Segarra
(d) Sala

10. What is Al Millick famous for?
(a) Constantly smiling
(b) Shooting 10 holes in one
(c) The most vicious taxi driver in New York
(d) Shooting people for laughing at him

11. What do Paul and Yeamon fish for?
(a) Carp
(b) Trout
(c) Oysters
(d) Lobster

12. What kind of transport does Yeamon have?
(a) Car
(b) Scooter
(c) Bicycle
(d) Motorbike

13. What does Yeamon suggest they use as a football?
(a) A coconut
(b) A rock
(c) A banana
(d) A tennis ball

14. What does the sign say on the shack?
(a) Hope
(b) Coco Frio
(c) Las Alves
(d) Donkeys

15. What was the name of the newspaper that Lotterman started?
(a) The Puerto Rican Observer
(b) The Guardian Angel
(c) The Socialist Worker
(d) The San Juan Daily News

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the seat Paul reserves for the girl?

2. What kind of piano did Al buy?

3. Who are rioting outside the office?

4. Why does Paul not like Zimburger?

5. Who do Sala and Paul leave the casino with?

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