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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. Why does Hemingway stop betting at the race track?
(a) He sees that he is getting addicted.
(b) He starts making more money with his writing.
(c) He loses a large sum of money.
(d) It takes too much time.

2. Why does Hemingway feel the way he does when he first enters Sylvia's store?
(a) He is not dressed well.
(b) He knows famous people frequent the store.
(c) He is very attracted to Sylvia.
(d) He does not have the money for the lending club.

3. What is Gertrude's last name?
(a) Strait.
(b) Strick.
(c) Stall.
(d) Stein.

4. Where does the story that Hemingway is writing at the beginning of the book take place?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Cuba.
(c) California.
(d) Mexico.

5. What is less challenging to Hemingway in Paris after his winter vacation?
(a) The language.
(b) The strange people.
(c) The coldness.
(d) The hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many month's of savings does Hemingway's wife lose on a horse race?

2. What does Gertrude think of the story 'Up in Michigan'?

3. How many of Hemingway's racing stories survive?

4. What does Stein think caused Hemingway's generation to be the way it is?

5. Where is Hemingway at the beginning of the book?

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