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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 and his father fight
(c) When Krebs says he does not love anybody
(d) When Krebs slaps her

2. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?
(a) The nurse with whom Hemingway has an affair
(b) Hemingway's editor
(c) The wife of Hemingway's sergeant
(d) The public relations rep for a publishing company

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

4. Where did Bugs meet Ad?
(a) A homeless shelter
(b) Detroit
(c) In school
(d) In jail

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?

2. In what year does this story take place?

3. What does Nick call his friend, Rinaldi, in the Memoir?

4. Why do Nick and Bill not go out in the boat?

5. Nick's recovery in a hospital mirrors whose life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances of the "On the Quai at Smyrna" story?

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

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

4. Who is the narrator of the Memoir for Chapter 13, and with whom does he interact in this very short scene?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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