In Our Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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In Our Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick's father call the floating logs?
(a) A nuisance
(b) Kindling
(c) Flotsam
(d) Jetsam

2. What war does the narrator mention in the memoir for Chapter 1?
(a) World War I
(b) World War II
(c) The Korean War
(d) The Vietnam War

3. Who is the girl Nick has recently broken up with?
(a) Mary Ellen
(b) Marie
(c) Marjorie
(d) Mary

4. What does the soldier promise in the trench that he does not do when danger has passed?
(a) Stop smoking
(b) Tell everyone about Jesus
(c) Call his mother
(d) Write a letter to his girlfriend

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

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

7. Why are Nick and Marjorie together on this night?
(a) To go skinny dipping
(b) To elope
(c) To set night lines for trout
(d) To go to a dance

8. Where does Nick find Bill?
(a) At his father's cottage
(b) In town
(c) At the library
(d) At school

9. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?
(a) Goes fishing
(b) Takes the boat out onto the lake
(c) Takes the car into town
(d) Goes on a walk with his father

10. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?
(a) His wife just left him
(b) Boulton owes him money and did not want to do the job
(c) He is off his antidepressant medication
(d) He is angry about segregation

11. What is the relationship between Nick and his nurse?
(a) He wants to marry her
(b) They are cordial
(c) It is very strained
(d) They do not get along

12. What is the attitude of the narrator telling the story?
(a) Amused
(b) Angry
(c) Sympathetic
(d) Callous

13. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?
(a) Garbage from a garbage strike
(b) Greek citizens pulling carts with all their belongings
(c) Water from unrelenting rains
(d) Tanks and other military vehicles

14. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?
(a) The wife of Hemingway's sergeant
(b) The nurse with whom Hemingway has an affair
(c) Hemingway's editor
(d) The public relations rep for a publishing company

15. Which one of Nick's friends asks about Marjorie?
(a) Bill
(b) Bob
(c) Clay
(d) James

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ad Francis?

2. What military force is withdrawing from the city of Smyrna?

3. What is a quai?

4. What does Nick do at sunrise the next morning?

5. What do Nick and Marjorie see?

(see the answer keys)

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