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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Krebs' mother want him to do?
(a) Make something of himself and get married
(b) Go to college
(c) Take care of his grandmother
(d) Move out of the house

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

3. How does Nick sustain his injury?
(a) He falls on an icy sidewalk
(b) He is sucker punched
(c) He falls down stairs
(d) He is hit by a car

4. What does Nick do at sunrise the next morning?
(a) Goes into town to buy bait
(b) Cooks breakfast over the fire
(c) Watches a bass jumping in the lake
(d) Packs the car to return home

5. Who is the story in Chapter 8 about?
(a) A Fascist
(b) A Communist
(c) A Nazi
(d) A Democrat

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bugs meet Ad?

2. What has Marjorie brought along tonight?

3. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?

4. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?

5. What does Krebs want most of all?

(see the answer key)

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