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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. How many race tracks does Hemingway switch off between?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What does Hemingway say he did not have enough money for?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Sweets.

3. What does the goatherd sell as he herds his goats down the street?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tunics.
(d) Coats.

4. What kind of poles do the Paris fishermen use?
(a) Pine.
(b) Iron.
(c) Cane.
(d) Steel.

5. What does Gertrude think of the story 'Up in Michigan'?
(a) It is stale.
(b) It is obscene.
(c) It is abstract.
(d) It is predictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Stein drive?

2. What language does Hemingway say certain races have to be written in?

3. Why does Mike NOT like horse racing?

4. What is Gertrude's last name?

5. What bad habit does Stein think Hemingway takes to the extreme?

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