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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. What does Robert Cohn do when he finds Brett and Pedro Romero in bed together?
(a) He gives Romero a brutal beating.
(b) He runs out the door crying.
(c) He screams that he never wants to see Brett again.
(d) He slaps Brett and drags her out the door.

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

3. What is it called when the bulls are let into the corral with the steers?
(a) Aficionado
(b) Desencajonada
(c) Picadores
(d) Ustedes

4. What advice does Bill give Jake about dreaming after they wake up from their afternoon nap?
(a) Don't pay any attention to dreams. They don't have any meaning.
(b) Dreaming is for children.
(c) Jake should dream because all the successful businessmen are dreamers.
(d) Dreaming eases the burdens of the day.

5. What does the bull fight critic say about Pedro Romero's performance in the ring when Jake is having a drink with them?
(a) He says that Romero is the best fighter he has ever seen.
(b) He says that Romero's work is good but incomplete.
(c) He says that Romero should find another line of work.
(d) He says that Romero is just an amateur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of artwork is hanging from the walls in Jake's hotel?

3. Bill mentions that Romero's face looks badly bruised. What is Brett's reply?

4. Bill and Jake sit down to eat lunch after fishing and have an amusing conversation about the different men they went to college with. Which men do they mention?

5. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

2. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

3. What are the feelings that Brett reveals to Jake about Pedro Romero?

4. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

5. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

6. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

7. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

8. Relate why Montoya, the hotel owner in Pamplona, smiles at Jake and asks if Bill is an aficionado?

9. How does Pedro Romero view the bulls that he fights?

10. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?

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