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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. What does Pinn put on the stove when he enters the major's room in "A Simple Enquiry"?

2. What does the major call Pinn at the end of "A Simple Enquiry"?

3. What type of operation is the couple planning to have done in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

4. What kind of portraits do they see in the restaurant in Spezia in the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"

5. What word best describes how the soldier feels in comparison to the community members and the other officers in the story "In Another Country"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ole Andreson react when he hears from Nick that two killers are after him?

2. How does the author describe the scenery at the start of “Che Ti Dice La Patria”?

3. How is the hospital described in “In Another Country”?

4. Why does the major think that Pinn is lying to him about being corrupt to his girlfriend in "A Single Enquiry"?

5. What is Guy proud to be taken for when he is traveling through Italy in “Che Ti Dice La Patria”?

6. Why is Retana reluctant to have Manuel fight again?

7. Why do the people of Milan hate the group of four young men walking through the streets?

8. It is suggested that Jack does not like many people. How does he feel about Jerry in "Fifty Grand"?

9. How does the girl view the ways they will change after the operation in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

10. How is Manuel’s bullfighting talent described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative style. Select three words to describe his writing style and explain how his minimalistic approach to dialogue and diction impacts his audience.

Essay Topic 2

Hemingway gives names to some characters, but not others. Write an essay in which you explore why he gives his friend “Guy” a name in the story “Che Ti Dice La Patria?” but not himself? How does this decision affect the narrator’s reliability?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the author’s development and use of the theme of loneliness and detachment from war. What suggestion does the author make about war and its repercussions? How does he use people to strengthen this theme?

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