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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?
(a) A banker
(b) A Marine
(c) Two loggers
(d) Two criminals

2. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?
(a) William Faulkner
(b) T.S. Eliot
(c) Ernest Hemingway
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

3. What are the traveler's plans after he leaves Italy?
(a) Hike through the Swiss Alps
(b) Take the boat to America
(c) Go to Paris
(d) Visit Moscow

4. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?
(a) He does not have any whiskey
(b) He does not have any cigarettes
(c) He insults his mother
(d) He does not give him the knife

5. What do Nick and Marjorie see?
(a) A tornado
(b) A car accident
(c) A shooting star
(d) A defunct lumber mill

Short Answer Questions

1. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.

2. What is the personality of the answer to #101

3. Where does Krebs plan to go to get a job?

4. Why are two men killed in the story?

5. What does Ad ask Nick to give him?

(see the answer key)

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