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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 is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?

2. What gifts does Wilson-Harris give to Jake and Bill when they leave for Pamplona?

3. As Jake, Bill, and Cohen drive across the plain to Pamplona, what is their first view of the town?

4. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?

5. Did Jake and Bill have any luck fishing after their long hike into the valley of the Rio de la Fabrica?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?

2. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

3. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

4. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

5. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

6. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

7. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

8. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?

9. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

10. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Write an introduction to the novel discussing Hemingway's writing style.

2) Include his use of dialogue, point of view of the narrator, and how it affects the story, and the inference of Hemingway's personal life.

Essay Topic 2

1) Give three examples of when Jake comes to the aid of Brett when she asks for help.

2) Defend or criticize his reasons for helping her.

3) Do you think she is justified in asking for his help?

4) What is your opinion of Jake when he continually helps Brett?

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the relationship between Mike Campbell and Brett Ashley.

2) Are they a good match?

3) How do they treat one another?

4) Is it an equal, strong partnership?

5) Do they accept one another for who they are?

Justify all answers.

(see the answer keys)

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