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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?
(a) Two criminals
(b) Two loggers
(c) A banker
(d) A Marine

2. What does Nick call his friend, Rinaldi, in the Memoir?
(a) A disappointing audience
(b) A poor excuse for a man
(c) A man among men
(d) The best friend he has ever had

3. What does Krebs' mother allow him to do now?
(a) Bring a girl home for dinner
(b) Take the car in the evenings
(c) Get a job
(d) Move to a bigger city

4. What military force is withdrawing from the city of Smyrna?
(a) The Russian navy
(b) The U.S. navy
(c) The Greek army
(d) The French army

5. What do Nick and Marjorie see?
(a) A tornado
(b) A defunct lumber mill
(c) A car accident
(d) A shooting star

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krebs want most of all?

2. What has happened to Nick in the Memoir of Chapter 6?

3. Where does Krebs live?

4. What do Nick and his nurse do before he returns to the front lines?

5. In what year does the story for Chapter 7 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How else does Hemingway allude to another meaning of the word "blow?"

2. How does Hemingway use dialogue to show the crumbling state of the young couple's marriage?

3. What are the reasons that Krebs has a difficult time adjusting to civilian life after leaving his military life?

4. Explain the symbolism of the disassembled fishing rods carried by the young American wife.

5. What is the significance of "The Three-Day Blow," the story's title?

6. Explain how the young matador shows disrespect to the older matadors.

7. What parallels does Hemingway draw between the three bullfighters and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and her lover?

8. Explain the irony of the Memoir in Chapter 11.

9. Explain the subject of the Memoir of Chapter 15.

10. How does Hemingway show contrasts in character in this story?

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