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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the American woman in "A Canary For One," who makes the best husbands?

2. What is the name of the Indian girl who breaks Nick’s heart in "Ten Indians"?

3. In the story "Today Is Friday," who have the soldiers crucified in the story?

4. What does the main character of "Banal Story" think is everywhere, based on what he is reading?

5. In "An Alpine Idyll," what does the innkeeper call the peasants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are some of the bullfighters relieved when Manuel dies in "Banal Story"?

2. What is the author’s attitude toward war?

3. What does Mrs. Garner tell Nick, to make him feel better in "Ten Indians"?

4. In "Now I Lay Me," how does Nick think that John would react if he saw him after he had been released from the hospital?

5. What was the reason that the peasant needed to store his wife’s body until the weather changed in "An Alpine Idyll"?

6. What do Nick and the Garner boys see on their trip back from the Fourth of July festivities in "Ten Indians"?

7. Who is the narrator for the short story “A Canary for One?”

8. Why do you think the author does not reveal that the narrator of "A Canary For One" is the American man, until the end of the story?

9. What is the mean stereotype that Carl says to Nick about his Indian girlfriend in "Ten Indians"?

10. What is the subtle suggestion about Indians and their behavior based on the short story “Ten Indians?”

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the author’s development and use of the theme of loneliness and detachment from war. What suggestion does the author make about war and its repercussions? How does he use people to strengthen this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the author’s choice to write 14 short stories instead of one cohesive whole. What purpose does the narrative structure serve in creating characters and portraying events? What message does he hope to leave the readers with?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Hemingway develops the theme of humanity’s competitive nature. Select one or more of the short stories as a focal point for illustrating how Hemingway uses that character (or those characters) and the events in developing this particular theme.

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