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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Nick in the Memoir of Chapter 6?
(a) He got a new job
(b) He graduated college
(c) He was shot in the spine
(d) He got married

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

3. When do Nick and his nurse meet again?
(a) When he gets leave
(b) When she comes to America
(c) When she quits her job
(d) After the armistice

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of Hemingway's will devote more time to his war hospital recovery?

2. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

3. What does Dick Boulton call the logs?

4. What does Krebs tell about the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scenario for the story in Chapter 2?

2. What is the source of the conflict between Nick's father and one of the loggers?

3. Explain the irony of the Memoir in Chapter 11.

4. Explain the significance of the bullfighting scenario in the Memoir of Chapter 9.

5. How does Hemingway give Ad a sense of pride despite his seriously compromised situation?

6. Describe the format of this book.

7. How does Nick deal with his injury and fear of death in the Memoir of Chapter 6?

8. Explain the subject of the Memoir of Chapter 15.

9. What is the scenario of the Memoir in Chapter 10?

10. What are the circumstances of the "On the Quai at Smyrna" story?

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