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

2. What does Harry dream about before he dies?
(a) Fighting with the bulls.
(b) Being with his mother again.
(c) Flying over Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(d) Watching his daughter get married.

3. Why does the boy think the girl wants to do the unnamed activity?
(a) To prove something.
(b) To further her reputation.
(c) To please him.
(d) To show her affection.

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

5. Where does William Campbell work previously?
(a) A burlesque show.
(b) A circus.
(c) A ski lodge.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harry dying from?

2. What is Joey's father's occupation?

3. What does Dr. Wilcox carry with him while treating patients?

4. Where does Nick meet Luz?

5. Where is Francis Macomber when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the American wife do when she hears a cat caught in the rain?

2. Why is Harold's mother worried about him when he returns from the war, and what does she have him do?

3. What happens on the first day of Francis Macomber's hunting trip?

4. What do Dr. Adams and Dick argue about?

5. How does Paco from "The Capital of the World" die?

6. What do the waiters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" talk about after the old deaf man leaves?

7. What happens when Turner catches up with William Campbell?

8. What does the narrator tell the old man at the bridge to do, and why does he not listen?

9. What does Nick tell Anderson, and how does Anderson respond?

10. Who does the American soldier talk with during the night, and what is said?

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