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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Nick's mood?
(a) Sarcastic
(b) Brooding
(c) Excited
(d) Petulant

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

4. Why does the Lieutenant ride his horse out into the field?
(a) He is exploring
(b) He is looking for mines
(c) He is lost
(d) He is drunk

5. What are Nick and Marjorie doing as the story begins?
(a) Riding bicycles
(b) Playing tennis
(c) Rowing in a boat
(d) Studying

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

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

3. What is a woman doing on a cart?

4. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?

5. Who is Dick Boulton?

(see the answer key)

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