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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hemingway justify his time at the race track?
(a) He usually wins.
(b) He limits his spending amount.
(c) He writes about it.
(d) He bets wisely.

2. What distracts Hemingway from his writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) A pretty girl.
(b) A man singing.
(c) A knocking on his door.
(d) A gust of wind.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stein like Hemingway to talk about?

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

3. Where is the newspaper located that Hemingway writes for?

4. What famous person does Hemingway hope to see in Sylvia's shop?

5. How does Sylvia treat Hemingway?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do two of Hemingway's stories survive?

2. How does Hemingway feel after his discussion about homosexuals with Stein?

3. What does Hemingway carry with him at all times for luck?

4. Why does Hemingway say he does not fish himself?

5. What does Hemingway think about after making love to his wife after winning at the races?

6. Where do many of Hemingway's stories take place, and why?

7. What kind of racing does Mike say he prefers, and why?

8. What does Hemingway say is the best thing about his dates at the races with his wife?

9. Why does Hemingway say he never wrote about some of the greatest moments he witnessed in bicycle racing?

10. Who does the caped man turn out to be?

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