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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" not want his wife to have to do?

2. What does the narrator ask the matador to do?

3. Who is Odgar in love with?

4. What does Nick say is very important for a son to do in "Fathers and Sons"?

5. What does Nick do that gets him in trouble in "The Last Good Country"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes an attack on the house Edwin is living in in "Landscape with Figures"?

2. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

3. What does Nick do for the Italian army after he has been discharged?

4. What is the woman writing to the medical column about in "One Reader Writes"?

5. What secret does Helena tell Robert after she drinks absinthe?

6. What happens to Paco in "Under the Ridge"?

7. What does David regret doing in "An African Story"?

8. What happens to the three men who Harry refuses to take to the U.S. one day?

9. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

10. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between fear and courage is presented in a few of these stories. What is this relationship, and where is it displayed in these stories? How does the combination of these terms affect the course of those plots?

Essay Topic 2

Death is an integral part of a number of these stories. What are some of the most significant instances of death, and how does it change the course of the plot in these stories?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in these stories. Which characters are most affected by despair, and how does this change the course of the plots they are involved in?

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