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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings the wife the cat that is in the rain?
(a) A butler.
(b) The maid.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A homeless man.

2. What does a man recently ask Dr. Wilcox to do for him before trying to do it himself?
(a) Castration.
(b) Lobotamy.
(c) Intubation.
(d) Appendectomy.

3. What is Harry dying from?
(a) A broken back.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) A gangrenous wound.
(d) Hypothermia.

4. Who does Nick go skiing with?
(a) Bill.
(b) George.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) His father.

5. Who kills Francis Macomber?
(a) A German soldier.
(b) His safari guide.
(c) A train engineer.
(d) His wife.

6. What happens to the animals who cannot board the ship in Smyrna?
(a) They are branded and sold.
(b) They are slaughtered.
(c) They are injured and drowned.
(d) They are scattered.

7. What does the American soldier's commander tell him to do?
(a) Settle down and marry.
(b) Relax and let himself heal.
(c) Write down his experiences.
(d) Let the doctors do their job.

8. How does the General's wife die in "In Another Country"?
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) War wounds.
(c) Depression.
(d) Pneumonia.

9. Where is the revolutionist tortured?
(a) Poland.
(b) Italy.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Hungary.

10. Where is the young couple sitting in "A Sea Change"?
(a) A bar.
(b) A train station.
(c) A house.
(d) A park bench.

11. What kind of people stay at the Luarca hotel?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Bullfighters.
(c) Wealthy tourists.
(d) Farmers.

12. What do Bill and Nick drink after the whiskey is gone?
(a) Water.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Tequila.

13. What are the women in Smyrna clinging to?
(a) Their clothes.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their dead babies.
(d) Their husbands.

14. What is Campbell doing when Frank leaves him after finding him?
(a) Dying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

15. What is Campbell doing when he is caught by Frank?
(a) Eloping.
(b) Dying.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Laundering money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes Nick dinner on the 4th of July?

2. What do Bill and Nick talk about while they drink whiskey together?

3. What are the two waiters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" waiting for?

4. Where does 'Cat in the Rain' take place?

5. Where does William Campbell work previously?

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