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

2. What do Nick and his nurse do before he returns to the front lines?
(a) Fight
(b) Pray
(c) Break up
(d) Get married

3. What does Krebs tell about the war?
(a) Lies
(b) Nothing
(c) His actual experiences
(d) Occasional stories

4. What is unusual about Ad's face?
(a) His eyes are slits, nose is sunken and an ear is missing
(b) One eye is brown, the other is blue
(c) He has no eyebrows
(d) He is scarred on the entire left side

5. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?
(a) Angry
(b) Sympathetic
(c) Callous
(d) Amused

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nick and Bill drink?

2. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?

3. What does Boulton call Nick's father?

4. Who is Dick Boulton?

5. What does Bill's father say makes drunkards?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of the wet, dead leaves affixed to the bodies of the condemned men in the Memoir for Chapter 5.

2. What is meant by "riding the rails" in the story in Chapter 5?

3. What is the premise of the story "My Old Man" in Chapter 13?

4. What is the scenario of bullfighting in the Memoir of Chapter 9?

5. Describe the character Peduzzi in the Story in Chapter 11.

6. How does the story's setting also serve as a metaphor?

7. What is the setting for the story "Cross-Country Snow" in Chapter 12?

8. Even though Nick initiated the break up with Marjorie, he is still overcome with emotion. How does Hemingway indicate this to the reader?

9. How does Nick deal with his injury and fear of death in the Memoir of Chapter 6?

10. What are the circumstances of the "On the Quai at Smyrna" story?

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