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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 does the British man in "Landscape with Figures" do against protest from the others?

2. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?

3. What do most of the lions eat in "The Good Lion"?

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

5. Why is Nick discharged from the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cayetano spend his days in the hospital?

2. What is the woman writing to the medical column about in "One Reader Writes"?

3. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

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

5. What does Al ask Edwin the night before he heads off to battle?

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

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

8. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

9. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

10. What causes an attack on the house Edwin is living in in "Landscape with Figures"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Training and education are topics of discussion in these stories. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the characters involved in those plots?

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

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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