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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. Why does one woman always sell her books cheaply?
(a) She does not need the money.
(b) She is poor.
(c) She has already read them.
(d) She has no idea if they are valuable.

2. How does Hemingway feel when his writing gets interrupted?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Angry.

3. How does Ford say Hemingway looks when he sits with him at the cafe?
(a) Thin.
(b) Dreamy.
(c) Glum.
(d) Angry.

4. What does Hemingway order for himself while he is writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tequilla.
(c) Gin and Tonic.
(d) A rum.

5. Who types up Gertrude's writing?
(a) Hemingway's wife.
(b) Toklas.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway say he did not have enough money for?

2. What kind of car does Stein drive?

3. What odd article of clothing was Belloc wearing when Hemingway first saw him?

4. Where does Hemingway work the day after he is interrupted?

5. What is less challenging to Hemingway in Paris after his winter vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's writing?

2. How does Hemingway describe the Shakespeare and Company shop?

3. Where does Hemingway do a lot of his writing?

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

5. What happens when Hadley bets on a long shot at the races?

6. Why does Hemingway say he never wrote about some of the greatest moments he witnessed in bicycle racing?

7. Where does Stein first hear the phrase, 'The Lost Generation'?

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

9. Why does Ford get mad at the waiter from the cafe?

10. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Shakespeare and Company?

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