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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nick's father call the floating logs?
(a) A nuisance
(b) Jetsam
(c) Flotsam
(d) Kindling

3. What is Nick's father's profession?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Minister
(c) Accountant
(d) Doctor

4. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?
(a) Floods washing away the cabins
(b) Fires burning all around the camp
(c) Wounds from knife fights
(d) A primitive caesarean section for a breech birth

5. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) stand down
(b) friendly
(c) foreign
(d) battle-ready

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?

2. According to the narrator, what is the worst scene among the evacuees?

3. Who else is attempting to leave Smyrna?

4. In what year does this story take place?

5. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?

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