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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Sylvia's store?
(a) Angry.
(b) Shy.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Annoyed.

2. How does Hemingway feel about the author that Stein recommends to him?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He is jealous of her.
(c) He is not very impressed.
(d) He despises her.

3. What does Hemingway say would make the story about the interruption more interesting?
(a) If the man had become a well-known critic.
(b) If Hemingway had really blown up.
(c) If he had done what he wanted.
(d) If he had told the entire truth.

4. What is Hemingway's favorite season in Paris?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

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

6. How does Ford say Hemingway looks when he sits with him at the cafe?
(a) Dreamy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Thin.
(d) Glum.

7. How does Hemingway describe the part of Paris that he and his family lived in?
(a) Poor.
(b) Safe.
(c) Crowded.
(d) Rich.

8. How much money was in the envelope for Hemingway at the Shakespeare and Company?
(a) 300 Francs.
(b) 1800 Francs.
(c) 1200 Frans.
(d) 600 Francs.

9. Why is Hemingway often hungry?
(a) He refuses to eat until his work is done.
(b) He spends all his money on alcohol.
(c) He is on a diet.
(d) He does not have money.

10. What kind of car does Stein drive?
(a) Toyota Corolla.
(b) VW Station wagon.
(c) Old Buick.
(d) Model T.

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

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

13. How does Sylvia treat Hemingway?
(a) Nicely.
(b) Rudely.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Annoyingly.

14. What does Hemingway feel his writing will become?
(a) Forced.
(b) Impotent.
(c) Repetitive.
(d) Abstract.

15. What kind of people used to frequent Hemingway's favorite cafe?
(a) Poets.
(b) Veterans.
(c) Actors.
(d) Royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hadley always feel at the racetrack?

2. Why does one woman always sell her books cheaply?

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

4. Where is Chink from?

5. Where does Hemingway do much of his writing?

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