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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are the police expected to come for Frederic?
(a) they are not coming
(b) that night
(c) the next morning
(d) the next afternoon

2. In Chapter 38, Frederic and Catherine. . .
(a) refuse to marry one another.
(b) continue to argue about the subject.
(c) decide to get married in the spring.
(d) live like a happily married couple.

3. Who tells Frederic that Catherine has left Milan?
(a) the man in the cafe
(b) Frederic's former porter and his wife
(c) Helen Ferguson
(d) Miss Van Campen

4. Frederic and the Count engage in a meaningful discussion about:
(a) life and death
(b) the war and newspapers
(c) books and death
(d) love and life lessons

5. What is the cargo of the car in which Frederic has stowed away?
(a) medical supplies
(b) food
(c) tires
(d) guns

6. A change in Catherine's behavior in Chapter 40 is that. . .
(a) she eats more.
(b) she stays in bed more.
(c) she complains more.
(d) she exercises more.

7. Once on foot, where do the women head?
(a) with Frederic's group
(b) to the highway
(c) back to the farmhouse
(d) to bury the dead soldier

8. Frederic's son dies from:
(a) pneumonia
(b) a hemorrhage
(c) fetal distress in utero
(d) inability to breathe

9. This military situation for the Italians at this point in the novel is:
(a) improving
(b) grave
(c) triumphant
(d) neutral

10. At the abandoned farmhouse, the group. . .
(a) rebandage their wounds.
(b) discuss giving themselves up.
(c) sleep for three hours.
(d) find food and water.

11. What is one of the biggest obstacles slowing the men during the massive retreat to Udine?
(a) enemy attacks
(b) high morale of the troops
(c) volume of people
(d) lack of food

12. Catherine and Frederic spend the days:
(a) reading
(b) taking walks and dining
(c) studying Swiss culture
(d) tending to their home chores

13. These two men finally reach Udine:
(a) Frederic and Bonello
(b) Frederic and Piani
(c) Bonello and Piani
(d) Frederic and Aymo

14. Which statement best describes Gino?
(a) He has given up on the war and his county.
(b) He is patriotic, but realistic at the war's probable outcome.
(c) He feels the soldiers need to try harder.
(d) He is patriotic and is offended at talk of losing the war.

15. Frederic takes a train to ______________ to find Catherine.
(a) Gorizia
(b) Stresa
(c) Venice
(d) Trieste

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine and Frederic describe the pregnancy as something that is:

2. Frederic's motives for joining the war are not clear in this novel. By Chapter 35, Frederic makes this statement about joining the Italian war effort.

3. When Frederic returns from lunch, Catherine assures him. . .

4. While under the tarps, Frederic imagines. . .

5. Hemingway's journalist writing style changes slightly in Chapter 32 to be more:

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