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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catherine's awareness of the severity of the situation is apparent when she comments how life _______________ if she were not pregnant:
(a) would be less adventerous
(b) would be less confusing
(c) would be perfect
(d) would be simpler

2. Catherine's plan to help Frederic during their night journey is to:
(a) dress as peasants to escape detection
(b) offer food
(c) open the umbrella so the wind can help
(d) use the stars to guide them

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

4. Once again, water symbolizes __________ for Frederic.
(a) danger
(b) escape
(c) challenge
(d) a barrier

5. When the men arrive in Udine, the battle police. . .
(a) provide them with food and wine.
(b) seek medical treatment for their wounds.
(c) arrest and question them.
(d) insist they rest.

6. Hemingway's journalist writing style changes slightly in Chapter 32 to be more:
(a) humorous
(b) expressive
(c) curt
(d) immature

7. Which statement best describes Frederic's feelings about his new mountain home?
(a) He is content with this lovely place.
(b) He is worried he will be found.
(c) He copes with his new home, but is homesick for America.
(d) He dislikes the Swiss weather.

8. Catherine _________ Frederic's beard.
(a) ignores
(b) likes
(c) loathes
(d) laments

9. After Frederic's son is born by a Cesarean section, Frederic. . .
(a) feels he was born to be a father.
(b) feels afraid of the baby.
(c) has no feeling toward fatherhood.
(d) is ecstatic about his son.

10. Which character warns Frederic about the police coming?
(a) Fergy
(b) Rinaldi
(c) Count Greffi
(d) Emilio

11. The man who sees Frederic depart the train:
(a) offers to help Frederic obtain leave papers
(b) threatens to turn Frederic in
(c) tells Frederic he has seen Catherine
(d) offers Frederic a job

12. The fact that one man from Frederic's group gave himself up to the Germans as a prisoner or war tells Frederic that. . .
(a) the man was tired of the war.
(b) the man is weak.
(c) the man was too scared to continue.
(d) the man lost faith in Frederic as a leader.

13. Frederic and Catherine's reunion is_______ for the couple.
(a) disheartening
(b) joyful
(c) bittersweet
(d) confusing

14. While on the train, Frederic's thoughts are:
(a) logical
(b) incoherent
(c) depressing
(d) lucid

15. At the car, what is odd about the behavior of the two soldiers that joined Frederic's group?
(a) They are fidgeting a lot.
(b) They start speaking in Austrian.
(c) They turn around and walk away.
(d) They are constantly fighting with one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frederic's son dies from:

2. In Chapter 32, Frederic decides for sure that he. . .

3. Frederic and Catherine's relationship continues to be:

4. To get to Switzerland, Frederic and Catherine have to:

5. Catherine and Frederic spend the days:

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