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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the attack, the men are ordered to:
(a) surrender
(b) attack
(c) retreat
(d) hold their position

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

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

4. Which statement best describes the attitude Frederic took when he first fired at the fleeing sergeants?
(a) regretful
(b) frantic
(c) ashamed
(d) unremorseful

5. 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.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Short Answer Questions

1. The fact that one man from Frederic's group gave himself up to the Germans as a prisoner or war tells Frederic that. . .

2. What is the cargo of the car in which Frederic has stowed away?

3. Frederic can not fully escape the war because. . .

4. Catherine's awareness of the severity of the situation is apparent when she comments how life _______________ if she were not pregnant:

5. During the retreat, Frederic's group picks up. . .

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Catherine suggests that the baby will "come between them"?

2. How has the relationship between Catherine and Frederic matured?

3. What is the significance of Frederic's actions when he emerges from the river?

4. Describe Helen Ferguson as a character.

5. How do Catherine and Frederic circumvent the border patrol?

6. Do you think people secretly helping fugitives, like the man behind the counter in the cafe, were the exception or the norm at this time?

7. Discuss the change in Hemingway's writing style, and what does this change denote?

8. Would you trust your friends or people who offer to help you if you were in Frederic's situation?

9. Contrast Gino's attitude toward patriotism with Frederic's attitude.

10. What do you think Frederic would say in a letter to Catherine if he were to write one at this point? What might he describe?

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