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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following does Nick's mother NOT do for his father?
(a) Relax.
(b) Calm.
(c) Agitate.
(d) Soothe.
2. What happened when the farms were handed down to the Indians' children?
(a) The were not handed down.
(b) They sold them.
(c) They prospered.
(d) They squandered them.
3. What is Nick's overriding quality?
(a) His immaturity.
(b) His strength.
(c) His humor.
(d) His fear.
4. What possession of Nick's does Ad want?
(a) Flask.
(b) Knife.
(c) Canteen.
(d) Jacket.
5. Who is the doctor in this story?
(a) Nick.
(b) Nick's brother.
(c) Nick's uncle.
(d) Nick's father.
6. What occupation did some of the Indians have in Petoskey?
(a) Construction.
(b) Factory work.
(c) Farming.
(d) Retail.
7. Who is Bugs?
(a) The town drunk.
(b) Ad's friend.
(c) Tom's roommate.
(d) Nick's best friend.
8. Who writes the Preface of THE NICK ADAMS STORIES?
(a) Nick Adams.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) The editor.
9. Where were Prudence and the boy seen playing?
(a) The playground.
(b) The city park.
(c) The school yard.
(d) The woods.
10. The story is a conflict between Nick's immaturity and the realization that ____________________.
(a) all life eventually comes to an end.
(b) his mother is terminally ill.
(c) his girl friend no longer loves him.
(d) his father is going to war.
11. What is unknown about the stories?
(a) Their autobiographical qualities.
(b) Their interconnection.
(c) Their authenticity.
(d) Their authorship.
12. Where did Ad meet Bugs?
(a) Library.
(b) Church.
(c) Bar.
(d) Jail.
13. The men want to take Nick away because he sold trout and __________________.
(a) killed a moose.
(b) burned a Boy Scout camp.
(c) harrassed the local Indians.
(d) robbed a bar.
14. Who is with Nick in this story?
(a) His father and uncle.
(b) His father and cousin.
(c) His Boy Scout troop.
(d) His father and brother.
15. What does the editor say about the stories?
(a) They have never been arranged into a coherent whole.
(b) The author was incoherent.
(c) They are riotously funny.
(d) They are largely incoherent.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what state is Nick headed in this story?
2. Littless teases Nick about a girl named __________.
3. Who was Steve Ketchel?
4. What does Nick do when he returns home?
5. What stereotype about the Indians does the author show?
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