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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) To give room to six mules pulling a heavily loaded freight wagon
(b) To make room for the wild goats on the hillside
(c) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road
(d) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside

2. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?
(a) Hot and sunny
(b) Rainy and windy
(c) Very cold
(d) Humid and stifling

3. Jake says that the first meal in Spain is "always a shock". What does the meal consist of?
(a) Spicy beans with hot sauce, spicy vegetables, dried beef
(b) Poached eggs with cheese sauce, spicy beans, hot vegetable stew
(c) Rolled olive leaves, smoked fish, and spicy vegetables
(d) Hors d'oeuvres, an egg course, two meat courses, vegetables, salad, dessert and fruit with wine to wash it down

4. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?
(a) They decide to go to San Sebastian to meet Brett and Mike.
(b) They decide to wait until the next day before they go to Burguete.
(c) They decide that Jake and Cohn will go on to Burgete, and Bill will wait for Brett.
(d) They decide to take the noon bus for Burguete.

5. What is the term used for the hour after dinner when the pretty girls, officers from the garrison, and the fashionable people walk in the square of Pamplona and the cafes fill up?
(a) The aficio
(b) The sombra
(c) The paseo
(d) The fiesta

6. How does Jake feel after the fiesta and the bull fighting?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Depressed
(c) Homesick
(d) Excited

7. What does Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?
(a) He asks her to go back to Paris with him.
(b) He says that Cohn is out of his mind.
(c) He tells her she should expect trouble if she associates with Jews and bull fighters.
(d) He tells her that he is sorry Romero got hurt.

8. What is Jake's philosophy that everything that is good has to be paid for?
(a) He says that payment is made by working hard.
(b) He says that it is paid by learning, by experience, by taking chances, or by money.
(c) He says that payment is made by living life.
(d) He believes money will buy anything.

9. What is morality, according to Jake?
(a) Things that make you disgusted.
(b) Being kind to one another
(c) What they teach in church.
(d) Helping your neighbor

10. How does Mike compare Cohn to a steer?
(a) He says that Robert is aggressive just like a steer, chasing after Brett.
(b) He says that like a steer, Robert lives a quiet life, never has to say anything, and hangs around Brett where he is not wanted.
(c) He says that Robert is always trying to keep the peace like a steer.
(d) He says that Robert can be sacrificed like a steer.

11. Bill mentions that Romero's face looks badly bruised. What is Brett's reply?
(a) That Romero is hurt, but he will be fine
(b) That Cohn is to blame.
(c) That Romero is badly hurt and should be in bed
(d) That it isn't as bad as it looks.

12. How are the houses in Burguete arranged?
(a) In a circle around the town
(b) In city blocks
(c) Along both sides of the road with no side streets
(d) Along both sides of the road and down side streets

13. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?
(a) Cohn is angry that Jake takes Mike's side against him.
(b) Jake tells Cohn that he loves Brett.
(c) Jake tells Cohn to find other friends.
(d) Jake refuses to tell him where Brett is.

14. As Jake, Bill, and Cohen drive across the plain to Pamplona, what is their first view of the town?
(a) The walls of Pamplona rise out of the plain, then a brown cathedral and other churches. The mountains are all around.
(b) Pamplona's walls lead up to the town which has only a bull ring in its center.
(c) Pamplona is on top of a high mountain with small huts around the perimeter.
(d) Pamplona is obscured by forests on a flat piece of land.

15. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?
(a) The land is very rich and green with houses in good, clean condition.
(b) Dry, infertile land with small thatched huts scattered throughout
(c) Barren, forgettable countryside with small, dirty villages
(d) Overdeveloped land with many roads and vehicles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bull fighter that Montoya introduces to Jake and Bill?

2. What did it mean when the Basque said "Arriba" to Bill and Jake?

3. While on the bus, Bill and Jake have a conversation with an old man who says that he lived in America forty years ago. Why did he return to Spain?

4. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

5. What is the name of the religious festival celebrated on July 6?

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