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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes Yeamon's house?
(a) A mansion
(b) A summer house
(c) A one-room shack
(d) A shed

2. In what month does the main character leave for Puerto Rico?
(a) Febuary
(b) October
(c) December
(d) January

3. Who does Paul talk to first thing the next morning?
(a) Segarra
(b) Lotterman
(c) Al
(d) Yeamon

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

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

6. What is Sanderson's job?
(a) A writer
(b) A PR man
(c) A businessman
(d) A general in the army

7. What does Paul say he is jealous of when he sees Yeamon and Chenault?
(a) Their beauty
(b) Their youth
(c) Their money
(d) Their shack

8. Who do Sala and Paul leave the casino with?
(a) Two girls
(b) Yeamon
(c) A pimp
(d) An ex convict

9. Who upsets Sala in this chapter?
(a) A policeman
(b) Paul
(c) A group of children
(d) Lotterman

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

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

12. Whose poem begins the book?
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) Eileen O'Connell
(c) Lord Byron
(d) James Joyce

13. What does Paul talk to Lotterman about?
(a) A place to stay
(b) Article ideas
(c) Rumors that the newspaper is folding
(d) A pay rise

14. In what city does the main character live in?
(a) San Francisco
(b) San Juan
(c) Los Angeles
(d) New York

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paul become friends with in this section?

2. What does Paul say is Segarra's role on the newspaper?

3. Why can Paul not go back to his office?

4. What kind of transport does Yeamon have?

5. Who is Sala working for in this chapter?

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