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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(c) Ernest Hemingway
(d) William Faulkner

2. What is the narrator doing in the Memoir?
(a) He is writing restaurant reviews
(b) He is visiting relatives
(c) He is with his combat unit
(d) He is on vacation

3. What is Nick's mood?
(a) Sarcastic
(b) Brooding
(c) Excited
(d) Petulant

4. Who is the girl Nick has recently broken up with?
(a) Mary Ellen
(b) Marjorie
(c) Mary
(d) Marie

5. Why does Uncle George not accompany Nick and his father back to their camp that night?
(a) He is too sick to stay overnight in the woods
(b) He is too shaken by what he has witnessed
(c) He is tired of fishing and sleeping outside
(d) He has to go to work in the morning

Short Answer Questions

1. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.

2. What do Nick and Bill drink?

3. To where does Nick walk to visit his friend, Bill?

4. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

5. Who is Marjorie?

(see the answer key)

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