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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Nick and his nurse?
(a) He wants to marry her
(b) They do not get along
(c) They are cordial
(d) It is very strained

2. About what do Nick and Bill agree is better than baseball?
(a) Fishing
(b) Books
(c) Whiskey
(d) Girls

3. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?
(a) Takes the car into town
(b) Takes the boat out onto the lake
(c) Goes on a walk with his father
(d) Goes fishing

4. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?
(a) Hemingway's editor
(b) The public relations rep for a publishing company
(c) The nurse with whom Hemingway has an affair
(d) The wife of Hemingway's sergeant

5. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) friendly
(b) battle-ready
(c) stand down
(d) foreign

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Dick Boulton?

3. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?

4. Who is the girl Nick has recently broken up with?

5. What does Nick's father hire some local Indians to do?

(see the answer key)

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