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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. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?

2. Who is the unnamed narrator of the story?

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

4. What do the sailors on the Simpson do to the evacuees every night?

5. What does Krebs' mother want him to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the format of this book.

4. How do Nick's war wound and recovery experience mirror Hemingway's own life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In the story in Chapter 4, "The Three-Day Blow," Nick likens his behavior of breaking up with Marjorie to the storms that are called Three-Day Blows. What is meant by a Three-Day Blow? Why does Nick compare his actions to it? Is he being reasonable or just trying to justify his behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the Memoir of Chapter 6 and the story that follows it--"A Very Short Story." How does the information in this Memoir flow into the Story? Is this different from the other examples in the book? Explain.

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