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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Hemingways' son's name?
(a) Jack Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Richard Hadley Hemingway.
(c) Joseph Hadley Hemingway.
(d) John Hadley Hemingway.

2. What happens when Ernest walks Pauline home one day?
(a) They discuss Ernest's next book.
(b) They argue.
(c) They discuss Ernest's relationship with Hadley.
(d) They kiss.

3. What does Pauline do one day when Hadley and Ernest were napping?
(a) Goes through their personal writings.
(b) Takes Bumby for a walk.
(c) Comes in and wakes them to confront them.
(d) Joins them in the bed.

4. About what does Ernest worry while on vacation?
(a) His father.
(b) His career.
(c) Money.
(d) Bumby getting sick.

5. What proofs does Ernest review?
(a) None.
(b) For a book that Ezra Pound is publishing.
(c) For a book of family stories that his sister is publishing.
(d) For a small book of his stories and poems.

6. Where does Hadley suspect Ernest is meeting Pauline?
(a) In Pauline's motel room.
(b) In a motel near the villa.
(c) In an office room he rented.
(d) Hadley does not think Ernest is meeting with Pauline.

7. Why does Ernest go to New York?
(a) To interview other possible publishing companies.
(b) To give a pitch for his book in person.
(c) To visit his ill father.
(d) To visit his ill mother.

8. Why does Pauline go back to the States?
(a) To receive medical treatment.
(b) To visit her ill mother.
(c) Ernest asks her to do so.
(d) To put in a plug for Ernest's new book.

9. Hadley makes a deal with Ernest that she will give him a divorce if he still wants Pauline after sending her away for ______________.
(a) 1 year.
(b) 100 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

10. What is the setting of Ernest's new book?
(a) Paris.
(b) Lisesse.
(c) Detchum.
(d) Pamplona.

11. What does the narrator say about Ernest's career at this point?
(a) It seems to be on the skids.
(b) It is erratic but there is no reason to lose hope.
(c) The publishing of his book is a hugh turning point for Ernest.
(d) Nothing.

12. Whom does Ernest suggest Hadley invite on their Christmas vacation?
(a) No one.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Pauline.

13. Where is Hadley when she goes into labor?
(a) A dinner party.
(b) In Manhatten.
(c) Her sister's house.
(d) The beach.

14. What does Hadley and Bumby do when they arrive in New York?
(a) They immediately take a train for St. Louis.
(b) They embark upon a coast to coast tour of the States.
(c) They look for an apartment in the city.
(d) Hadley takes Bumby to visit her sister.

15. When do Hadley and Bumby sail for the States?
(a) Summer, 1926.
(b) Spring, 1927.
(c) Summer, 1929.
(d) Fall, 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. What annoys Ernest about Hadley's conversation?

2. With whom does Hadley spend a lot of time in Paris?

3. What are two adjectives describing Pauline?

4. What news does Ernest receive while on vacation that elates him?

5. What does Pauline encourage Hadley to do?

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