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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mike NOT like horse racing?
(a) You have to bet to enjoy it.
(b) He has lost a lot of money there.
(c) The races are too short.
(d) He thinks the horses are badly treated.

2. What river does Hemingway love to walk by?
(a) The Snake.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Seine.
(d) The Danube.

3. What bad habit does Stein think Hemingway takes to the extreme?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Taking drugs.
(c) Walking.
(d) Gambling.

4. What does Hemingway talk about at the beginning of the book?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Strange women.
(d) The war.

5. What does Hemingway make the man who interrupts him promise?
(a) To leave him alone for an hour.
(b) To start writing again.
(c) To not come back to the cafe.
(d) To not tell his friends about the cafe.

6. Who invites Hemingway and his wife to dinner?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Sylvia.

7. Where does Hemingway put his racing budget?
(a) The bank.
(b) A safety deposit box.
(c) A college fund for his children.
(d) A box under his bed.

8. Where do most of Hemingway's stories take place?
(a) Near the ocean.
(b) In urban areas.
(c) Outdoors.
(d) In universities.

9. What does Stein call Hemingway's generation?
(a) The Lost Generation.
(b) The Needed Generation.
(c) The Missing Generation.
(d) The Angry Generation.

10. Where does Hemingway get a lot of inspiration?
(a) Statues.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Illustrations.
(d) Music.

11. What kind of books does Hemingway love to find on his walks?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Historical.
(d) Latin.

12. What does Hemingway like to write in?
(a) Calendars.
(b) Journals.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Old books.

13. What other kind of racing does Hemingway become involved in?
(a) Rowing.
(b) Horse racing.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Greyhounds.

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

15. How does Hadley always feel at the racetrack?
(a) Manipulated.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Full of life.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of poles do the Paris fishermen use?

2. Why is Hemingway comfortable in poverty?

3. What does Hemingway say the man who interrupts him should be for a living?

4. How does Hemingway feel about the author that Stein recommends to him?

5. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound?

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