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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. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?

2. When does David stop writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

3. Where does Davy's father first shoot the elephant?

4. How does David feel when he finishes the elephant story?

5. Where does Catherine say Marita wants to go in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

2. What does Catherine say about the long manuscript in Chapter 23?

3. What does David want to talk to his father about, and why?

4. What does David do when he gets back from the beach with the girls after finishing the elephant story?

5. What does Catherine say when David and Marita come home from celebrating the completion of the elephant story?

6. What does Catherine say about marriage after her trip to Nice with Marita?

7. What does Catherine say that makes David uncomfortable in Chapter 17?

8. What does Catherine do when she comes into the house in Chapter 20?

9. What does David think about while Madame makes him a meal while he is alone in the house?

10. What does Marita try to do for David after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affectd the course of the plot. Why might Hemingway have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how do their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Anger is an emotion that emerges in a few very sensitive places in the plot. What are some of these instances, and how are the outcome of the plot and the characters involved in those scene affected by this anger?

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