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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. According to the narrator, what is the worst scene among the evacuees?
(a) Women vomiting in the streets
(b) Men begging for food
(c) Children crying for milk
(d) The women with dead babies who will not relinquish them

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

3. What military force is withdrawing from the city of Smyrna?
(a) The French army
(b) The U.S. navy
(c) The Russian navy
(d) The Greek army

4. What do Nick and Bill decide to do?
(a) Enlist in the army
(b) Go fishing
(c) Call some girls
(d) Get drunk

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Memoir for Chapter 5, what are the condemned army officers covered with before their execution?

2. What does Krebs tell about the war?

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

4. What does Bugs do to calm Ad down?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting for the Story in Chapter 10, "Cat in the Rain."

2. Explain why the mountain is a metaphor in the story "Cross-Country Snow" in Chapter 12.

3. What is the scenario of bullfighting in the Memoir of Chapter 9?

4. What is the setting for the story "The End of Something" in Chapter 3?

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

6. Explain the symbolism of the disassembled fishing rods carried by the young American wife.

7. In the Story of Chapter 8, another Hungarian man is introduced as the main character. Describe his situation.

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

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

10. How does Hemingway show contrasts in character in this story?

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