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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 does the innkeeper bring the two men in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Their mail.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Hot coffee.

2. What group of people were relieved that Manuel was dead in "Banal Story"?
(a) Bullfighters.
(b) Women.
(c) Nurses.
(d) His family.

3. In "Now I Lay Me," why would Nick run out of worms when he went fishing?
(a) Because he dropped the can.
(b) Because he only brought ten for bait.
(c) Because all the worms died in the heat.
(d) Because they slithered out of the can.

4. What literary technique does Hemingway use most frequently in the collection of short stories included in "Men Without Women"?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Figurative language.
(d) Poetic language.

5. What kind of girl does John urge Nick to meet and marry in "Now I Lay Me"?
(a) An Italian girl.
(b) An American girl.
(c) A Spanish girl.
(d) A French girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story "Today is Friday" take place?

2. During what season does the story "Now I Lay Me" take place?

3. In "Ten Indians," where does Nick misplace his shoes?

4. What is the name of the wine seller in "Today Is Friday"?

5. In what city does the story "A Pursuit Race" end up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the title of "Today Is Friday" in present tense?

2. Why does the third soldier in "Today is Friday" not want to drink with the others?

3. What was the reason that the peasant needed to store his wife’s body until the weather changed in "An Alpine Idyll"?

4. What does Nick’s orderly John tell him every man must do in "Now I Lay Me"?

5. What does Nick begin thinking about after John gives him advice in "Now I Lay Me"?

6. How does the woman’s daughter in "A Canary For One" react when she is taken away from her foreign lover?

7. Who is the narrator for the short story “A Canary for One?”

8. What is the author’s attitude toward war?

9. In "A Canary For One," why did the American woman take her daughter away?

10. What do Nick and the Garner boys see on their trip back from the Fourth of July festivities in "Ten Indians"?

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