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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the husband decide to return to the hotel?
(a) He doesn't have any sinkers
(b) He is too tired to go any farther
(c) He has a migraine
(d) He has sprained his ankle

2. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?
(a) To go to a dance
(b) To elope
(c) To go skinny dipping
(d) To set night lines for trout

3. Where does Krebs live?
(a) Oregon
(b) Ohio
(c) New Mexico
(d) Oklahoma

4. What is the soldier in the Memoir for Chapter 7 doing?
(a) Smoking a cigarette
(b) Cleaning his gun
(c) Writing a letter
(d) Praying in a trench

5. For what does the husband apologize to his wife?
(a) Losing their passports
(b) Forgetting the fishing license
(c) Losing the hotel key
(d) Speaking sharply to her

Short Answer Questions

1. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.

2. What is the narrator doing in the Memoir?

3. What are Nick and Marjorie doing as the story begins?

4. What is the name of the young man who is the central character in the story for Chapter 11?

5. Who is Marjorie?

(see the answer key)

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