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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. Who are the crooks in the story?
(a) Sam and Max.
(b) Al and Max.
(c) Max and Hal.
(d) Al and Sam.

2. When was this story published?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1952.
(c) It was never published.
(d) 1924.

3. What happened to Nick when he was by himself?
(a) He tried to get a friend to come over.
(b) He got scared.
(c) He slept all day.
(d) He loved the solitude.

4. The men want to take Nick away because he sold trout and __________________.
(a) burned a Boy Scout camp.
(b) robbed a bar.
(c) killed a moose.
(d) harrassed the local Indians.

5. Who is Ad Francis?
(a) A porter.
(b) A minister.
(c) A boxer.
(d) A wrestler.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town did Nick grow up?

2. What upsetting information does Nick's father tell Nick?

3. As the story begins, who has just punched Nick?

4. What religion does Nick's mother practice?

5. How old is Nick in this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick's father help Nick deal with the graphic events of surgery and suicide?

2. What are some of the things that Nick recalls about his father in this story?

3. How does Hemingway indicate Nick's immaturity again in this story?

4. What is the premise of the story?

5. What does Nick's father tell his wife about the fight with the other man over the wood?

6. What is the them in this story?

7. How was Nick able to summon his father and uncle when he got scared on the camping trip?

8. What does Nick recall about being scared when camping with his father and uncle one time?

9. What does Nick recall as he heads for the Mississippi River on a train.

10. Where is Nick in this story and what is his interaction with a disgruntled fellow soldier?

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