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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. What is Cayetano's profession?

2. What is Stevie's last name?

3. What is Blindy's nickname before he becomes blind?

4. How is the narrator in "A Day's Wait" related to the boy?

5. What does Nick say is very important for a son to do in "Fathers and Sons"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

2. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" wish to present his information about death?

3. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

4. How does Cayetano spend his days in the hospital?

5. What does Nick think about while he is driving with his son?

6. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

7. What does Edwin do when he suspects that Luis is a Fascist?

8. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

9. What causes an attack on the house Edwin is living in in "Landscape with Figures"?

10. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

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 were many secrets made, kept, and told in these stories. What are some of these stories, and what significance do those secrets have on the plots they are involved in?

Essay Topic 3

Death is an integral part of a number of these stories. What are some of the most significant instances of death, and how does it change the course of the plot in these stories?

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