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

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

3. How many children does Ernest have with Pauline?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

4. What does the author say remained in Ernest?
(a) A desire to reconcile with Hadley.
(b) Sorrow for Bumby.
(c) Love for Hadley.
(d) A sadness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What proofs does Ernest review?

2. What does Ernest tell Hadley when he is writing her memoirs?

3. What does Hadley and Bumby do when they arrive in New York?

4. Where does Pauline suggest the Hemingways move with her?

5. Whom does Ernest suggest Hadley invite on their Christmas vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does it appear that Hadley and Pauline are friends? How does Hadley really feel about Pauline?

2. What does Pauline suggest about The Torrents of Spring and how does Hadley feel about the suggestion?

3. Why is Zelda jealous and what does she think of Ernest?

4. Who is Cayetano Ordonez and what does he do that involves Hadley after a bull fight?

5. What happens that makes Hadley realize she had to do something about her life?

6. What did Ernest tell Hadley when he called about writing his memoir?

7. Where do Ernest, Hadley, and Bumby go and how was the trip?

8. What evidence of success did Ernest have?

9. How does Hadley feel about Pauline visiting them in Austria?

10. What does Ernest write Hadley from Madrid, and why does Ernest hate to be alone?

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