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

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

3. What does Nick do at sunrise the next morning?
(a) Goes into town to buy bait
(b) Cooks breakfast over the fire
(c) Watches a bass jumping in the lake
(d) Packs the car to return home

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

5. Whose life does the character of Nick Adams parallel?
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(c) William Faulkner
(d) Ernest Hemingway

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bugs offer to Nick?

2. What do Nick and Bill talk about?

3. Who is Bugs?

4. How does Nick sustain his injury?

5. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story and why is he in Turkey?

2. What is the premise of the story "My Old Man" in Chapter 13?

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

4. Why does Hemingway insert the sullen waitress at the inn?

5. How does Hemingway use dialogue to show the crumbling state of the young couple's marriage?

6. What is the topic of the Memoir for Chapter 1?

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

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

9. Even though Nick initiated the break up with Marjorie, he is still overcome with emotion. How does Hemingway indicate this to the reader?

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

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