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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?
(a) A smelly Spanish town with a rancid river running through it
(b) A nice Spanish town, very clean, on a large river
(c) A dirty Spanish town, cluttered with litter
(d) A gloomy Spanish town with dark, unkempt streets

2. What is the procedure to cross the border from France into Spain?
(a) The Spanish carabineers do a full body search on each traveler and check the passport.
(b) The Spanish carabineers do not bother with the bags, but check the passport.
(c) The Spanish carabineers open one bag and look at the passport.
(d) The Spanish carabineers empty every bag and check the passport.

3. What keepsake does Romero hand to Brett after he kills the last bull?
(a) The bull's severed ear
(b) The bull's severed tongue
(c) The bloody cape
(d) His sword

4. What is Cohn's reaction when Mike starts toward him from around the table to start a fight over Brett?
(a) Cohn hides behind Jake, asking him to stop Mike.
(b) Cohn mumbles something and leaves the hotel.
(c) Cohn waits proudly and firmly for Mike to assault him. He wants to show he will fight for Brett.
(d) Cohn backs up a few steps, then turns and runs.

5. What does Bill reveal to Jake after they finish bantering about Henry's bicycle?
(a) He says that Jake is more annoying than anyone else he knows.
(b) He says that Jake needs to stop being such a whiner.
(c) He says that Jake is a good guy and Bill is fonder of him than anyone else.
(d) He says that Jake is too sensitive.

6. When Romero says that he kills his friends, to whom is he referring?
(a) Some of his old class mates
(b) The picadores
(c) The other bull fighters
(d) The bulls

7. What is the cost for room and board at Jake's hotel in Burguete?
(a) Twelve pesetas, which Jake feels is too much
(b) Five pesetas, which Jake feels is reasonable
(c) Three pesetas, which is cheap
(d) Seven pesetas, but the wine is included

8. What is the name of the man who was gored through the back and killed during the bull run?
(a) Pedro Romero
(b) Vincente Girones
(c) Mike Campbell
(d) Montoya

9. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?
(a) The tone of the message annoys them.
(b) The overly long message annoys them.
(c) The short, abrupt message annoys them.
(d) The lateness of the message annoys them.

10. What is the name of the religious festival celebrated on July 6?
(a) San Sombra
(b) San Pamplona
(c) San Riau
(d) San Fermin

11. How does dinner with Brett, Mike, Cohn, and Bill remind Jake of dinners during the war?
(a) There is camaraderie between friends.
(b) There are arguments, hurt feelings, and fear.
(c) There is a feeling that it will be their last dinner together.
(d) There is wine, ignored tension, and foreboding of what is to come.

12. 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 is on top of a high mountain with small huts around the perimeter.
(c) Pamplona's walls lead up to the town which has only a bull ring in its center.
(d) Pamplona is obscured by forests on a flat piece of land.

13. Did Jake and Bill have any luck fishing after their long hike into the valley of the Rio de la Fabrica?
(a) They each catch one trout.
(b) Jake catches six trout but Bill has no luck.
(c) Jake catches six trout and Bill catches four.
(d) They don't get any bites all morning.

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

15. 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 take the noon bus for Burguete.
(b) They decide to wait until the next day before they go to Burguete.
(c) They decide to go to San Sebastian to meet Brett and Mike.
(d) They decide that Jake and Cohn will go on to Burgete, and Bill will wait for Brett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?

2. What do Bill and Cohn make a bet over while eating at the Hotel Montoya?

3. What does Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?

4. What will the spectators do on the morning of the first day of the bull fights?

5. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?

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