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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick talk to the Italian soldiers about?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Spiders.

2. What does the farmer have the bull do when he gets older?
(a) Breed.
(b) Be butchered.
(c) Fight.
(d) Lead.

3. Where is the unique lion from in "The Good Lion"?
(a) Africa.
(b) Rome.
(c) Asia.
(d) Venice.

4. Where does Harry live?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Florida.
(d) Mexico.

5. What does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" ask his wife to do?
(a) Stay with him.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Save him.

6. Where do Wesley and Harry get the wares they sell?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Florida.

7. Where are the Fontans from?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

8. What does Stevie do that wins a prize?
(a) Wins a basketball game.
(b) Writes a short story.
(c) Wins a race.
(d) Aces a test.

9. Where does Mr. Wheeler live?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) Mexico.

10. What is the name of the man who is shot in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?
(a) Pepe.
(b) Paco.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Paul.

11. What does the narrator of "Wine of Wyoming" hunt for?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Prairie dogs.
(d) Elk.

12. What is called the opium of the people in "The Gambler, The Nun, and the Radio"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Money.

13. Where is Jimmy going in "The Train Trip"?
(a) Boston.
(b) Canada.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

14. Where does the prisoner escape in "The Train Trip"?
(a) The bathroom window.
(b) The caboose.
(c) The train station.
(d) The food car.

15. Where does "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" take place?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Johnson sad about?

2. Why is Nick discharged from the army?

3. What does the Porter use to show Jimmy a trick?

4. What disease does the woman's husband have in "One Reader Writes"?

5. What does the narrator of "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" do at the end of the day?

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