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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last news of the traveler?

2. What is the name of the young man who is the central character in the story for Chapter 11?

3. What is notable about the waitress serving Nick and his friend?

4. What does the young wife carry through the streets of town?

5. What does Nick fix for breakfast?

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

Explain the use of irony in the life and death situation in the logging camp where the Indian woman gives birth at the same time that her husband commits suicide. How does this experience affect Nick's outlook on life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Hemingway writes most of these stories on the theme of the fear of death. Choose three characters from any of the stories and give their views on death. Are they afraid? Do they live in denial? How do they approach it?

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