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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. In "Hills Like White Elephants," the hills are across the valley of what location?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ebro.

2. How much money does Jack bet on Walcott winning the fight in the story "Fifty Grand"?
(a) Thirty grand.
(b) Fifty grand.
(c) One hundred grand.
(d) Twenty-Five grand.

3. In "Hills Like White Elephants," what does he promise the girl they can have once the operation is over?
(a) A new car.
(b) The whole world.
(c) A new house.
(d) The whole sea.

4. What had caused Guy and his friend's license plate to get dirty in the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"
(a) The rain.
(b) The wind.
(c) It was just old.
(d) A car accident.

5. At the beginning of "The Undefeated," where had Manuel just been relieved from?
(a) The insane asylum.
(b) Jail.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A crime scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hills Like White Elephants," how many bags are the girl and the American man traveling with?

2. How much older is Manuel than Zurito in "The Undefeated"?

3. What is the name of the man Manuel begs to let him return to fighting in "The Undefeated"?

4. What phrase do the two killers use when mocking Nick in "The Killers"?

5. What word best describes how the soldier feels in comparison to the community members and the other officers in the story "In Another Country"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young man in “Che Ti Dice La Patria” do that Guy and his friend think is so strange?

2. In hindsight and while in the hospital, how does Manuel perceive his final fight?

3. What causes Guy and his friend's car “number” to get dirty, resulting in a facist giving them a ticket?

4. Why is Retana reluctant to have Manuel fight again?

5. What is Nick and George’s theory about why two killers are after Ole Andreson?

6. What is Guy proud to be taken for when he is traveling through Italy in “Che Ti Dice La Patria”?

7. How is the hospital described in “In Another Country”?

8. How does the American man describe the operation to the girl in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

9. Why does the girl ask the American man to stop talking in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

10. How does Jack finally fall asleep on the night before his big fight in "Fifty Grand"?

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