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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The End of an Avocation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What restaurant does Hemingway take his wife to after winning at the races?
(a) Michelina's.
(b) Michaud's.
(c) Portofino's.
(d) Pierre's.

2. What ends Hemingway's time in Paris?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) Hadley's death.
(c) An affair.
(d) A bankruptcy.

3. What does Hemingway like to watch while he reads?
(a) Birds on the statues.
(b) New lovers.
(c) Walking people.
(d) Fishermen.

4. How many of Hemingway's racing stories survive?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What does Hemingway compare finishing a story to?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Praying.
(c) Confessing.
(d) Making love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?

2. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Sylvia's store?

3. Where does the story that Hemingway is writing at the beginning of the book take place?

4. Where will Hemingway and his family spend the winter?

5. How does Hemingway describe the part of Paris that he and his family lived in?

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