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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick admire in the uncivilized area?
(a) Wildflowers.
(b) A mountain view.
(c) A stream with trout.
(d) Butterflies.

2. Which of the following does Nick NOT think about in order to stay awake?
(a) Everyone he has ever met.
(b) His most distant memory.
(c) Fishing for trout in the streams of his childhood.
(d) Going into battle again.

3. Where had the peasant kept his wife's body after she died?
(a) The frozen pond.
(b) The meat locker.
(c) The freezer.
(d) The shed.

4. In what war did Hemingway serve?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

5. When does Nick say that he did get married?
(a) He got married when he was shipped home with an injury.
(b) He married an Italian girl last month.
(c) He got married after the war.
(d) He has not married.

6. How was Nick injured?
(a) Running after a train.
(b) Mountain climbing.
(c) Falling in a ravine.
(d) In battle.

7. What type of injury does Nick have in this story?
(a) Leg.
(b) Head.
(c) Belly.
(d) Arm.

8. What is Nick's demeanor toward Marjorie?
(a) Insulting.
(b) Combative.
(c) Loving.
(d) Joyful.

9. What injury does the major in the hospital have?
(a) Shrapnel wounds.
(b) Disfigured hand.
(c) Missing eye.
(d) Amputated leg.

10. What does Nick think ruined bullfights?
(a) Movies.
(b) PETA.
(c) ASPCA.
(d) Politics.

11. Who is the orderly Nick talks to during the night?
(a) James.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jordan.
(d) John.

12. What does the innkeeper refer to the local peasants as?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Beasts.
(d) Morons.

13. Where is Nick when the story begins?
(a) Train.
(b) Bar.
(c) Meadow.
(d) Barracks.

14. Which painter's style does Nick try to model his writing after?
(a) Monet.
(b) Cezanne.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Kandinsky.

15. John tells Nick that girls of which nationality make good wives?
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Irish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nick sneak back to Kate's house?

2. What seems to elevate Nick's mood?

3. Who is on a camping trip with Nick and his girlfriend?

4. What is Nick's condition when the story opens?

5. What is the name of the city that used to be located in the abandoned area where Nick gets off the train?

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