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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. Where does Nick meet Hopkins?
(a) At his house.
(b) At war.
(c) In a bar.
(d) On a train.

2. How long has the woman in the Indian camp been in labor when the doctor is brought in?
(a) 20 hours.
(b) 36 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

3. What does the girl tell the boy in "A Sea Change"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She is leaving him.
(d) She has cheated on him.

4. What is Jack's occupation?
(a) Boxer.
(b) Runner.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Jockey.

5. What are the two waiters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" waiting for?
(a) A man to pay her bill.
(b) Their meals to be cooked.
(c) The restaurant to close.
(d) A man to finish his drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paco doing when he dies?

2. What does the bartender compliment the young man on in "A Sea Change"?

3. What has happened to the area where Nick sets up a permanent camp?

4. What is significant about the waitress that serves Nick at the pub?

5. What is the writer's main job in "Banal Story"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the Indian woman's husband while she is undergoing a C-Section?

4. What is the story behind the burial that the two men witness while skiing?

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

6. What does the girl tell the boy in "The Sea Change", and how does he respond?

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

8. Why does Jack get a hotel room for the night of his last boxing match?

9. How does Joey's father die, and how do the other men respond to this death?

10. What are the two prostitutes in "The Light of the World" arguing about?

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