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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. What is Horton's Bay before it is deserted?

2. What do Bill and Nick talk about while they drink whiskey together?

3. What is the name of the favored cafy in "In Another Country"?

4. What is Luz's occupation?

5. Why is Guy stopped by a fascist officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Indian woman's husband while she is undergoing a C-Section?

2. What does Jim do with Liz after returning from his hunting trip?

3. What does the young couple reveal to the older American woman as the train stops?

4. What is Harold's one criteria in a wife?

5. What does the girl tell the boy in "The Sea Change", and how does he respond?

6. Why is Guy's car stopped as he travels through Italy, and what does he have to do to continue?

7. How do Bill and Nick feel about Nick's ended relationship with Marjorie?

8. What does Nick tell Anderson, and how does Anderson respond?

9. What does the American wife do when she hears a cat caught in the rain?

10. How does the American couple feel about the trip Peduzzi takes them on, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in these stories are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters, and how do their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Are these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Hemingway have chosen these settings for these stories to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Hemingway. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plots they are involved in?

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