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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. What does Ad ask Nick to give him?

2. What does Nick say is no longer any fun?

3. What does Krebs tell about the war?

4. Who is Bugs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallels does Hemingway draw between the three bullfighters and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and her lover?

2. Describe the narrator's tone in the Memoir for Chapter 4.

3. What is the most atrocious thing the officer has witnessed during this war and evacuation?

4. Explain how the young matador shows disrespect to the older matadors.

5. Why does the ending of his relationship with his nurse particularly wound Nick?

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

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

8. How does Hemingway contrast the passive lives of Mr. and Mrs. Elliot with the passion of the young bullfighter?

9. What does Hemingway mean when the maid asks the wife if she has lost something and the wife replies that she had really wanted the cat but it is gone?

10. Explain the real source of conflict in the story and why it is entitled "The Doctor and The Doctor's Wife."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a saying that "There are no atheists in foxholes." Explain the significance of this saying in light of the Memoir in Chapter 7 where the young soldier prays fervently while under siege.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Nick Adams. What are his similarities to Hemingway? Do you think Nick's character was based on Hemingway himself as some believe? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

There are several instances in the book where young men--Nick for example--must face war and then the return home. Develop an essay on this related statement: "Nick returned home where everything was the same and nothing was the same."

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