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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Adams think Boulton picked a fight with him?

2. What is unusual about Ad's face?

3. Why does Nick's nurse leave for Pordenone?

4. What do Nick and Bill talk about?

5. Who is Marjorie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the classic father-son relationship as it plays out at the end of this story.

2. Explain the significance of the wet, dead leaves affixed to the bodies of the condemned men in the Memoir for Chapter 5.

3. How does Hemingway use dialogue to indicate that the couple's marriage is probably doomed?

4. What are the main themes of the story which will become important throughout the entire book?

5. Why did the narrator make the point about the robbers being Hungarian--what is the irony in doing that?

6. What is meant by "riding the rails" in the story in Chapter 5?

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

8. Why is Krebs short-tempered with his mother and her plans for his new life?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several instances in the book where young men--Nick for example--must face war and then the return home. Develop an essay on this related statement: "Nick returned home where everything was the same and nothing was the same."

Essay Topic 2

Hemingway writes about women giving birth or wanting a child in several of the stories. What is the significance of the birth theme to these stories? In literature in general?

Essay Topic 3

Develop a character study of Agnes von Kurowsky. Why is she important to Nick? Is it because she is caring for his physical wounds? Would Nick have fallen in love with Agnes if they had met in different circumstances? Explain.

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