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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. Why do Nick and Bill not go out in the boat?
(a) It is being repaired
(b) It is too dark
(c) The pond is frozen
(d) It is too cold

2. What does Krebs' mother allow him to do now?
(a) Bring a girl home for dinner
(b) Get a job
(c) Take the car in the evenings
(d) Move to a bigger city

3. What do the evacuees do every night at midnight?
(a) Cry
(b) Scream
(c) Sleep
(d) Sing

4. What has Marjorie brought along tonight?
(a) A picnic lunch
(b) Homework
(c) A bottle of champagne
(d) A transistor radio

5. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Maine
(c) Michigan
(d) Montana

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story for Chapter 7 take place?

2. Nick accuses Marjorie of always _____________________.

3. What does Nick say is no longer any fun?

4. What does Bugs do to calm Ad down?

5. Who is Marjorie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the main themes of the story which will become important throughout the entire book?

2. Describe the narrator's tone in the Memoir for Chapter 4.

3. What is the most atrocious thing the officer has witnessed during this war and evacuation?

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

5. How does Hemingway end the story on a more hopeful note than how it began?

6. How else does Hemingway allude to another meaning of the word "blow?"

7. Explain the subject for "Big Two-Hearted River: Part I," the story for Chapter 14.

8. Besides death and the fear of it, what is another important theme in the book which is evident in the Memoir for Chapter 2?

9. What parallels does Hemingway draw between the three bullfighters and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and her lover?

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

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