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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. What does Hemingway carry for luck?
(a) A horse chestnut.
(b) His wife's scarf.
(c) A rabbit's ear.
(d) An old key.

2. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Goujon.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Mahi.

3. What does Hemingway want to write stories about?
(a) Things he wishes he could do.
(b) Things he knows.
(c) People he has known.
(d) Things he has done.

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

5. What does Hemingway like to sit under at his favorite cafe?
(a) Verdanas.
(b) Banners.
(c) Flags.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hadley always feel at the racetrack?

2. How many race tracks does Hemingway switch off between?

3. What distracts Hemingway from his writing at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Hemingway describe the part of Paris that he and his family lived in?

5. Why is Hemingway often hungry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound's work?

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

3. Why is Hemingway writing about Michigan while he is in Paris?

4. What does Hemingway do to make his stories more poetic?

5. What does Hemingway like about his favorite cafe in Paris?

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

7. What does Hemingway do when he is interrupted at his cafe?

8. Where does Hemingway do a lot of his writing?

9. What is Hemingway's wife excited about when he returns to their apartment at the beginning of the book?

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

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