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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called Hadley to tell her of Ernest's death?
(a) Ernest's sister.
(b) Mary.
(c) Bumby.
(d) Chuck.

2. Where do Ernest and Hadley decide to go for Christmas?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) The United States.

3. What is the Hemingways' son's name?
(a) Jack Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Hadley Hemingway.
(c) Joseph Hadley Hemingway.
(d) Richard Hadley Hemingway.

4. Whom does Ernest suggest Hadley invite on their Christmas vacation?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Pauline.
(d) No one.

5. When do Hadley and Bumby sail for the States?
(a) Spring, 1927.
(b) Summer, 1929.
(c) Summer, 1926.
(d) Fall, 1930.

6. With whom does Hadley spend a lot of time in Paris?
(a) Kitty, Pauline, and Jinny.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Alice B. Toklas.
(d) Dorothy Pound.

7. Why is Ernest demoted?
(a) For arguing with his copy editor.
(b) For writing a biased slant on a situation.
(c) For refusing a long out-of-town assignment.
(d) For not filing his report before going to the hospital.

8. Where does Hadley suspect Ernest is meeting Pauline?
(a) In an office room he rented.
(b) In Pauline's motel room.
(c) In a motel near the villa.
(d) Hadley does not think Ernest is meeting with Pauline.

9. Who becomes the Hemingway's son's godmother?
(a) Zelda Fitzgerald.
(b) Dorothy Pound.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Ezra Pound.

10. What did Hadley think the publication of The Torrents of Spring would do?
(a) Enable Hadley to study painting with a master.
(b) Earn them enough to move to a larger place.
(c) Destroy Ernest's relationship with Sherwood Anderson.
(d) Earn enough money for a live-in nanny.

11. What is the setting of Ernest's new book?
(a) Pamplona.
(b) Paris.
(c) Detchum.
(d) Lisesse.

12. What types of assignments is Ernest often given?
(a) Overnight.
(b) Mundane matters.
(c) Months long.
(d) Quick, one or two hour interviews.

13. In what state are Hadley and Bumby on the beach?
(a) Florida.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

14. Why did Pauline not marry the man to whom she was engaged?
(a) She plans to marry him, but delayed the marriage for another year.
(b) Her family threatened to cut off her inheritance because they did not like him.
(c) He ended the engagement.
(d) She realized she did not love him enought for marriage.

15. Who did the characters in Ernest's latest novel represent?
(a) Characters from some of his favorite novels.
(b) No one because Ernest went to great pains not to represent any of his family or friends.
(c) Ernest's friends in Paris.
(d) Ernest's childhood school chums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ernest decide to work extra hard?

2. What illness strikes Bumby?

3. Where do Hadley and Pauline often bicycle?

4. What news does Ernest receive while on vacation that elates him?

5. What does Hadley figure out?

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