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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 Boulton call Nick's father?
(a) Bud
(b) Dude
(c) Sport
(d) Doc

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

3. What is the location of the Memoir for Chapter 3?
(a) South Africa
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Germany
(d) France

4. What does Nick's father hire some local Indians to do?
(a) Plant some new trees
(b) Till a new garden
(c) Paint his house
(d) Cut logs that have drifted onto his property

5. Who is Krebs?
(a) Nick's best army buddy
(b) A soldier adjusting to civilian life
(c) Nick's recruiting officer
(d) Nick's sergeant

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Nick have on this morning?

2. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?

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

4. What is a quai?

5. What does Nick say about his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallel does Hemingway draw between the fire-ravaged region Nick walks through at home and the war he has just left behind?

2. What is the topic of the Memoir for Chapter 1?

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

4. What are the main themes of the story which will become important throughout the entire book?

5. How does Hemingway give Ad a sense of pride despite his seriously compromised situation?

6. What is the setting for the story "The End of Something" in Chapter 3?

7. How does Hemingway end the story on a more hopeful note than how it began?

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

9. Describe how Hemingway's writing style captures the drama and bravado of Villalta, a very successful matador.

10. Describe the format of this book.

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