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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 the man in the restaurant using to spray the people with in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

2. What do the Fontans make in secret?

3. What is Edwin's Spanish name?

4. What is the special name one of the soldiers gives himself in "Under the Ridge"?

5. Where does "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Stevie's father disappointed in him?

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

3. What happens to the faithful bull when he is set out to breed?

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

5. What is Nick good at doing with women?

6. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

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

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

9. What does the matador do when he receives notices about his mother's grave fee?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of father and son relationships written about in these stories. Choose some of these to compare and contrast. How are they different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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