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

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

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?
(a) He missed his homeland.
(b) To attend his mother's funeral
(c) To get married
(d) He was broke.

4. 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 is too sensitive.
(c) He says that Jake is a good guy and Bill is fonder of him than anyone else.
(d) He says that Jake needs to stop being such a whiner.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the hotel that Jake, Bill and Cohen stay at in Pamplona?

3. 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?

4. What keepsake does Romero hand to Brett after he kills the last bull?

5. What is Cohn's response when Bill suggests that he not look at the horses when the bull gores them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?

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

3. Cohn wants to see Jake after knocking him unconscious. Does Jake go to see Cohn or does he decide against it? Explain.

4. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

5. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

6. How do the pictures on the walls of Jake's and Bill's hotel in Burguete add to the coldness of the room?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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