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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 kind of people used to frequent Hemingway's favorite cafe?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Actors.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Poets.

2. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Mahi.
(c) Goujon.
(d) Catfish.

3. Where do most book vendors find their books to sell?
(a) The train station.
(b) Abandoned houses.
(c) Park benches.
(d) Empty hotel rooms.

4. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Sylvia's store?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Shy.
(d) Nervous.

5. Why does Ford say he is a gentleman?
(a) He attended a great university.
(b) He has lots of money.
(c) His father was a gentleman.
(d) He was an officer in the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ford's occupation?

2. What does Hemingway like to watch while he reads?

3. How does Sylvia treat Hemingway?

4. What does Hemingway feel his writing will become?

5. How does Hemingway feel about the author that Stein recommends to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway feel after his discussion about homosexuals with Stein?

2. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

3. How do Hemingway and his wife respond to the news of his lost writings?

4. What kind of racing does Mike say he prefers, and why?

5. Why does Hemingway say he feels the way he does about homosexuals?

6. Why is Hemingway writing about Michigan while he is in Paris?

7. How does Hemingway lose his stories?

8. What does Hemingway like about his favorite cafe in Paris?

9. What does Hemingway say is the best thing about his dates at the races with his wife?

10. Where do many of Hemingway's stories take place, and why?

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