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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Grace bore the family gathering to meet Hadley?
(a) A huge family photo album.
(b) Inviting their pastor over to talk about their trip as missionaries to Africa.
(c) A long, complicated story about a trip to Nepal.
(d) A long, complicated story about a trip to Africa.

2. What does Hadley lose on the train?
(a) Some money.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) A valise full of Ernest's manuscripts.

3. Where is Ernest sent on Thanksgiving in 1922?
(a) To cover the aftermath of the Versailles Treaty.
(b) To cover the impact of WWI in Russia.
(c) To cover the Lusanne Peace Conference.
(d) To cover the aftermath of the war in German.

4. With whom does Ernest get into a fight?
(a) A British war correspondent.
(b) A British soldier.
(c) A French war correspondent.
(d) A Turkish ayatollah.

5. With what is Ernest completely obsessed?
(a) The museums.
(b) Hadley.
(c) His writing.
(d) The writing groups and their discussions.

6. What is becoming less frequent?
(a) Fonnie's objections.
(b) Ernest's letters to Hadley.
(c) Hadley's brother's bouts of maleria.
(d) Ernest's bouts of maleria.

7. What does Hadley impulsively do when she writes her first letter to Ernest?
(a) Kisses the envelope.
(b) Invites him to St. Louis.
(c) Includes a poems he wrote.
(d) Includes a lock of her hair.

8. How old is Hadley at the opening?
(a) 31.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 18.

9. What does Hadley think will help take her mind off her grief?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Writing a book about her mother.
(c) Going to Europe.
(d) Having a drink and dancing a little.

10. How does Kate respond when Hadley asks her about Hemingway?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Flushed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Annoyed.

11. What do the train officials tell Hadley?
(a) They will not allow anyone to disembark without searching them.
(b) They will loan her some money to replace what was stolen.
(c) Nothing.
(d) There was little hope of Hadley recovering the bag.

12. How often does Hadley receive a letter from Ernest?
(a) Once in several months.
(b) About once a month.
(c) Sometimes 2-3 times a day.
(d) Every week or two.

13. Who are Kate and Kenley Smith?
(a) A husband and wife.
(b) No one Hadley has ever met.
(c) Twins who Hadley meets at the party.
(d) Friends of Hadley's.

14. How was the visit to Gertrude Stein unusual?
(a) They are served bizarre finger food.
(b) Hadley chats with Gertrude's "wife," Alice while Ernest chats with Gertrude.
(c) They have to listen to a lecture by an obscure philologist.
(d) They meet in Gertrude's kitchen.

15. On what does Hadley get drunk when they go out with the Pounds?
(a) Wine.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Absinthe.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hadley feel guilty about while she is in Chicago?

2. What does a reporter offer to do?

3. What is Hadley hoping to do at the party?

4. What surprises Kate when she walks into the kitchen of her friends the next morning?

5. Sherwood Anderson recommends that ________________.

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