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

2. What is the location of the Memoir for Chapter 3?
(a) South Africa
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Germany
(d) France

3. In the Memoir for Chapter 5, what are the condemned army officers covered with before their execution?
(a) Paint
(b) Hoods
(c) Wet, dead leaves
(d) Olive oil

4. What makes Krebs' mother cry?
(a) When Krebs says he is going to reenlist
(b) When Krebs slaps her
(c) When Krebs and his father fight
(d) When Krebs says he does not love anybody

5. What do Nick and Bill talk about?
(a) Whiskey, baseball and cars
(b) Whiskey, girls and baseball
(c) Whiskey, baseball and books
(d) School, baseball and books

6. How long has Nick's nurse stayed on night duty to care for him?
(a) 3 days
(b) 3 weeks
(c) 3 years
(d) 3 months

7. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?
(a) Run their searchlight up and down the crowd
(b) Yell at them to go home
(c) Give them food
(d) Provide first aid

8. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?
(a) The local forest catches fire
(b) The country goes to war with Japan
(c) There is a lynching in town
(d) A man commits suicide by slitting his throat

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

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

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

12. What does Boulton call Nick's father?
(a) Doc
(b) Bud
(c) Dude
(d) Sport

13. What does Krebs tell about the war?
(a) Lies
(b) Nothing
(c) Occasional stories
(d) His actual experiences

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

15. What does Ad tell Nick about himself?
(a) He is crazy
(b) He is going to stage a comeback
(c) He is dying
(d) He regrets his career choice

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the girl Nick has recently broken up with?

2. What is the relationship between Nick and his nurse?

3. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?

4. What does Nick call his friend, Rinaldi, in the Memoir?

5. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?

(see the answer keys)

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