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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 disease does the woman's husband have in "One Reader Writes"?

2. What does the narrator of "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" do at the end of the day?

3. What does the farmer have the bull do when he gets older?

4. What do David and his dog find in "An African Story"?

5. What is the name of David's father's guide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

2. What does Littless do when she runs away with Nick in "The Last Good Country"?

3. What does David regret doing in "An African Story"?

4. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" wish to present his information about death?

5. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

6. What does Jimmy do while his father is still sleeping in "The Porter"?

7. What do the Fontans make in secret, and why is it so secret?

8. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

9. What secret does Helena tell Robert after she drinks absinthe?

10. What does Nick do for the Italian army after he has been discharged?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the stories, and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

There were many characters in these stories who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What are some of these instances, and how are those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between fear and courage is presented in a few of these stories. What is this relationship, and where is it displayed in these stories? How does the combination of these terms affect the course of those plots?

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