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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does 'Cat in the Rain' take place?

2. Who does Harold live with when he returns home from the war?

3. Where does George work?

4. Why is the narrator put in prison?

5. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the patient want to be castrated, and what happens to him?

2. What does the girl tell the boy in "The Sea Change", and how does he respond?

3. What does the American wife do when she hears a cat caught in the rain?

4. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?

5. What is given precedence over the man who dies in "Banal Story"?

6. What does the young couple reveal to the older American woman as the train stops?

7. What does the narrator in "After the Storm" regret when he gets out of prison?

8. How does Paco from "The Capital of the World" die?

9. How does the American couple feel about the trip Peduzzi takes them on, and why?

10. What does Nick tell Anderson, and how does Anderson respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Hemingway have chosen these settings for these stories to take place?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of father and son relationships written about in these stories. Choose some of these to compare and contrast. How are they different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in these stories are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters, and how do their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Are these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

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