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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dunning climb to after he returns from the asylum?

2. What bar does Fitzgerald go to after his talk with Hemingway?

3. What is Dunning's occupation?

4. What kind of authors does Pound tell Hemingway to read?

5. What does Hemingway think when Walsh offers him a literary award?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fitzgerald start to act when he is drunk after his summer trip?

2. Why does Shipman say Jean is already in trouble with the cafe he works at?

3. How does Walsh die, and how does Hemingway try to help him at the end of his life?

4. What is the Pilot Fish and what does he do?

5. What is the hardest writing project Hemingway ever completed, and where does he do it?

6. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

7. What does Pascin ask Hemingway when they see each other at a cafe?

8. How does Hemingway try to help Fitzgerald after hearing his secret?

9. What big secret does Fitzgerald confide in Hemingway about?

10. What does Hemingway love most about his friend, Ezra Pound?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is something that was very important to Hemingway in his life. Where are some places that friendship appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

How did Hemingway's writing change over the course of his life, and what caused these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Each of Hemingway's writer friends had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of these people, and how did their individuality affect Hemingway's life?

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