2. Who is Krebs?
(a) A soldier adjusting to civilian life
(b) Nick's sergeant
(c) Nick's best army buddy
(d) Nick's recruiting officer

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

4. What is the setting for the Memoir of Chapter 2?
(a) Paris
(b) Adrianople
(c) Istanbul
(d) Constantinople

5. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) battle-ready
(b) stand down
(c) friendly
(d) foreign

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill's father say makes drunkards?

2. What profession does Nick's father have?

3. What do Nick and Marjorie see?

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

5. Where does Krebs live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Hemingway's writing style captures the drama and bravado of Villalta, a very successful matador.

2. What is the significance of the character, Nick Adams, introduced in this chapter?

3. Explain the real source of conflict in the story and why it is entitled "The Doctor and The Doctor's Wife."

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

5. What is the significance of "The Three-Day Blow," the story's title?

6. How does the story's setting also serve as a metaphor?

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

8. How does Hemingway showcase the classic theme of good vs. evil in the disparate stories of the Hungarian robbers and the Hungarian Communist?

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

10. What are the reasons that Krebs has a difficult time adjusting to civilian life after leaving his military life?

(see the answer keys)

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