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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?
(a) Bludgeon them to death
(b) Push them off the dock into shallow water
(c) Shoot them in the head
(d) Force them to carry heavy loads

3. What is a woman doing on a cart?
(a) Holding a suitcase
(b) Singing
(c) Giving birth
(d) Polishing a gun

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

5. What military force is withdrawing from the city of Smyrna?
(a) The U.S. navy
(b) The Russian navy
(c) The Greek army
(d) The French army

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?

2. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?

3. What does Boulton call Nick's father?

4. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?

5. What war does the narrator mention in the memoir for Chapter 1?

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