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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 makes Krebs' mother cry?
(a) When Krebs says he is going to reenlist
(b) When Krebs says he does not love anybody
(c) When Krebs slaps her
(d) When Krebs and his father fight

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

3. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?
(a) Push them off the dock into shallow water
(b) Shoot them in the head
(c) Force them to carry heavy loads
(d) Bludgeon them to death

4. What does Nick call his friend, Rinaldi, in the Memoir?
(a) A man among men
(b) A disappointing audience
(c) The best friend he has ever had
(d) A poor excuse for a man

5. What job did the narrator have in the war?
(a) Supplies
(b) Chaplain
(c) Reporter
(d) Kitchen

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick's mood?

2. How does Nick sustain his injury?

3. What does Bugs offer to Nick?

4. What does Ad tell Nick about himself?

5. What does Krebs' mother allow him to do now?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of Marjorie saying, "There's our old ruin, Nick."

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

3. What parallel does Hemingway draw between the fire-ravaged region Nick walks through at home and the war he has just left behind?

4. Describe the character Peduzzi in the Story in Chapter 11.

5. Explain how the young matador shows disrespect to the older matadors.

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

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

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

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

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

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