Ernest Hemingway

Study question Ernest Hemingway

Facts about Ernest Hemingway

➾ He suffered permanent eye damage from high school boxing matches, which led to his rejection from service in World War I.

➾ After graduating in 1917, he added a year to his actual age.

➾ While recovering from WWI wounds, he had an affair with Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky in Milan.

➾ As a foreign correspondent, he interviewed significant leaders, including Mussolini.

➾ His famous moniker “Papa” was influenced by his desire to be respected, admired, and obeyed.

➾ He refused to change even one word of his collection In Our Time despite his publisher’s request.

➾ The famous literary term “lost generation” was inspired by an employee’s casual remark to Hemingway.

➾ He was awarded the Bronze Star for his bravery during his time in World War II.

➾ During WWII, he volunteered his fishing boat to the U.S. Navy for use as a submarine spotter in the Caribbean.

➾ A devastating setback occurred when four years’ worth of his written stories were stolen from his wife in a suitcase on a train.

➾ He followed in the footsteps of his father, Clarence, by committing suícide.

Ernest Hemingway MCQs

1. When was Ernest Hemingway born?

A. July 8, 1901
B. July 21, 1899
C. August 11, 1905
D. June 1, 1895

B. July 21, 1899
He was born at the end of the 19th century in Oak Park, Illinois.

2. In which suburban town was Ernest Hemingway born?

A. Milan, Italy
B. Chicago, IL
C. Ketchum, Idaho
D. Oak Park, IL

D. Oak Park, IL
He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a conservative suburb of Chicago.

3. What activity did young Hemingway prefer over his mother’s musical interests?

A. Reading literature
B. Playing football
C. Hunting and fishing trips with his father
D. Boxing

C. Hunting and fishing trips with his father
These outdoor trips with his physician father inspired his lifelong passion for adventure.

4. Which character often reflected Hemingway’s love of outdoor adventure?

A. Jake Barnes
B. Robert Jordan
C. Lieutenant Henry
D. Nick Adams

D. Nick Adams
Nick Adams is a recurring, semi-autobiographical character featured in stories about hunting and fishing.

5. Where did Hemingway first work as a reporter after high school?

A. The Toronto Star
B. The Kansas City Star
C. Time magazine
D. Vogue

B. The Kansas City Star
His time at The Kansas City Star influenced his direct, unadorned writing style.

6. What was Hemingway’s role in World War I?

A. Infantry soldier for the Italian army
B. War correspondent
C. Ambulance driver for the American Red Cross
D. Submarine spotter for the U.S. Navy

C. Ambulance driver for the American Red Cross
He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian front after being rejected by the army for poor eyesight.

7. On what date was Hemingway wounded on the Italian front?

A. July 2, 1961
B. August 1, 1921
C. July 8, 1918
D. January 1, 1923

C. July 8, 1918
He was severely wounded by mortar fire, an experience that profoundly shaped his future work.

8. Who was the nurse Hemingway had an affair with while convalescing in Milan?

A. Hadley Richardson
B. Martha Gellhorn
C. Agnes von Kurowsky
D. Pauline Pfieffer

C. Agnes von Kurowsky
His relationship with nurse Agnes von Kurowsky provided the romantic inspiration for A Farewell to Arms.

9. Which 1929 novel was inspired by Hemingway’s experiences on the Italian front?

A. For Whom the Bell Tolls
B. The Sun Also Rises
C. A Farewell to Arms
D. Across the River and Into the Trees

C. A Farewell to Arms
This novel draws directly from his time as an ambulance driver and his affair with his nurse.

10. In 1920, Hemingway covered which conflict for the Toronto Star?

A. The Spanish Civil War
B. The Greco-Turkish War
C. World War II
D. The Cuban Revolution

B. The Greco-Turkish War
As a correspondent for the Toronto Star, he reported on this conflict, gathering material for early stories.

11. Who advised Hemingway to move to Paris?

A. F. Scott Fitzgerald
B. James Joyce
C. Gertrude Stein
D. Sherwood Anderson

D. Sherwood Anderson
Anderson encouraged the young Hemingway to move to Paris, where he joined the “Lost Generation.”

12. Whom did Hemingway marry in 1921?

A. Pauline Pfieffer
B. Hadley Richardson
C. Martha Gelhorn
D. Mary Welsh

B. Hadley Richardson
Hadley was his first wife, with whom he moved to Paris and had his first son, John.

13. Which novel was inspired by Hemingway’s time in Paris from 1921-1926?

A. The Sun Also Rises
B. Islands in the Stream
C. A Moveable Feast
D. The Garden of Eden

C. A Moveable Feast
Published posthumously, this memoir details his life as a young, struggling writer in 1920s Paris.

14. Which nickname, reflecting his desire for respect, did Hemingway eventually acquire?

A. Ernie
B. Tiny
C. Ernestoic
D. Papa

D. Papa
The nickname “Papa” became synonymous with his public persona as a wise, masculine figure.

15. Which writer’s intellectual circle did Hemingway enter in Paris?

A. Martha Gellhorn
B. Virginia Woolf
C. Agnes von Kurowsky
D. Gertrude Stein

D. Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein was an important early mentor in Paris, though their friendship later soured.

16. The phrase “lost generation” was the epigraph for which Hemingway novel?

A. A Farewell to Arms
B. The Sun Also Rises
C. For Whom the Bell Tolls
D. Islands in the Stream

B. The Sun Also Rises
This phrase, coined by Gertrude Stein, came to define the disillusioned expatriate writers after WWI.

17. Which novella satirized the work of Sherwood Anderson?

A. The Sun Also Rises
B. The Old Man and the Sea
C. The Torrents of Spring
D. Men Without Women

C. The Torrents of Spring
He wrote this satire to break his contract with Anderson’s publisher, ending their friendship.

18. In 1927, Hemingway published which short story collection?

A. Three Stories and Ten Poems
B. In Our Time
C. Men Without Women
D. The Nick Adams Stories

C. Men Without Women
This collection contains several of his most famous short stories, including “The Killers.”

19. Whom did Hemingway marry in 1927?

A. Mary Welsh
B. Martha Gelhorn
C. Pauline Pfieffer
D. Adriana Ivancich

C. Pauline Pfieffer
Pauline Pfieffer became his second wife shortly after his divorce from Hadley Richardson.

20. Where did Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer move to in 1928?

A. Toronto
B. Paris
C. Key West
D. Ketchum, Idaho

C. Key West
Key West, Florida, became his home base for many years of writing and deep-sea fishing.

21. In what year did Hemingway’s father commit suícide?

A. 1961
B. 1928
C. 1932
D. 1954

B. 1928
His father’s suicide deeply affected Hemingway and is a recurring theme in his work.

22. Which non-fiction work was inspired by bullfighting?

A. The Green Hills of Africa
B. Death in the Afternoon
C. Winner Take Nothing
D. The Dangerous Summer

B. Death in the Afternoon
Published in 1932, this work explores the metaphysics and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.

23. What was Hemingway’s role in Spain in 1937?

A. Ambulance driver
B. Matador
C. War correspondent
D. Diplomat

C. War correspondent
He covered the Spanish Civil War as a correspondent, supporting the Loyalist cause.

24. Which novel was inspired by the Spanish Civil War?

A. To Have and Have Not
B. For Whom the Bell Tolls
C. The Sun Also Rises
D. Across the River and Into the Trees

B. For Whom the Bell Tolls
This 1940 novel tells the story of an American volunteer fighting with Republican guerrillas.

25. Whom did Hemingway marry in 1940?

A. Hadley Richardson
B. Mary Welsh
C. Adriana Ivancich
D. Martha Gelhorn

D. Martha Gelhorn
Martha Gellhorn, a fellow war correspondent he met in Spain, became his third wife.

26. Where did Hemingway and Martha Gelhorn settle?

A. Key West
B. Venice
C. Cuba
D. Ketchum, Idaho

C. Cuba
They settled at the Finca Vigía, his famous home outside Havana, Cuba.

27. During WWII, what role did Hemingway’s fishing boat serve in the Caribbean?

A. Allied supply delivery
B. Submarine spotter for the U.S. Navy
C. War correspondence transport
D. Training vessel

B. Submarine spotter for the U.S. Navy
He outfitted his boat, the Pilar, to hunt for German U-boats off the coast of Cuba.

28. In 1944, Hemingway participated in the liberation of which city?

A. Milan
B. Venice
C. Rome
D. Paris

D. Paris
He acted as an unofficial military leader and correspondent during the liberation of Paris.

29. Whom did Hemingway marry in 1946, his fourth and final wife?

A. Mary Welsh
B. Martha Gelhorn
C. Agnes von Kurowsky
D. Pauline Pfieffer

A. Mary Welsh
He married journalist Mary Welsh after his divorce from Martha Gellhorn.

30. For his bravery during WWII, what award was Hemingway given in 1947?

A. Nobel Prize
B. Bronze Star
C. Pulitzer Prize
D. Silver Medal of Military Valor

B. Bronze Star
He received the Bronze Star for his service as a war correspondent in Europe.

31. Which 1952 book proved critics wrong who said “Papa is finished”?

A. For Whom the Bell Tolls
B. The Sun Also Rises
C. Across the River and Into the Trees
D. The Old Man and the Sea

D. The Old Man and the Sea
This novella was a massive critical and commercial success, revitalizing his literary reputation.

32. What major literary award did The Old Man and the Sea win in 1953?

A. The Bronze Star
B. The Nobel Prize for Literature
C. The Pulitzer Prize
D. The National Book Award

C. The Pulitzer Prize
The novella won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, confirming its status as a modern classic.

33. What did Hemingway say about The Old Man and the Sea?

A. It was his most commercial success
B. It was the best he could ever write
C. It was a response to F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. It was his only successful novella

B. It was the best he could ever write
He felt the book was the finest work he was capable of producing.

34. In what year did Hemingway win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

A. 1952
B. 1953
C. 1954
D. 1961

C. 1954
He was awarded the Nobel Prize largely in recognition of his influence and *The Old Man and the Sea*.

35. How many novels did Hemingway publish during his lifetime?

A. Six
B. Seven
C. Three
D. Ten

B. Seven
He published seven novels, from *The Torrents of Spring* to *The Old Man and the Sea*.

36. In 1960, where did Hemingway move and receive hospital treatment?

A. Milan, Italy
B. Ketchum, Idaho
C. Key West, Florida
D. Oak Park, Illinois

B. Ketchum, Idaho
He moved to Ketchum and received treatment at the Mayo Clinic for depression and other ailments.

37. On what date did Ernest Hemingway die?

A. July 21, 1899
B. July 8, 1918
C. July 2, 1961
D. July 2, 1928

C. July 2, 1961
He died in his home in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1961.

38. What was the cause of Hemingway’s death?

A. Old age and liver disease
B. Illness contracted in Africa
C. Self-inflicted gunshot wounds
D. Wounds sustained during WWII

C. Self-inflicted gunshot wounds
Suffering from severe physical and mental decline, Hemingway died by suicide.

39. Which collection of stories was published posthumously in 1972?

A. The Garden of Eden
B. Islands in the Stream
C. The Dangerous Summer
D. The Nick Adams Stories

D. The Nick Adams Stories
This collection gathered all the stories featuring his recurring, semi-autobiographical character, Nick Adams.

40. Which posthumously published work dramatizes the author’s fascination with androgyny?

A. The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War
B. The Dangerous Summer
C. The Garden of Eden
D. A Moveable Feast

C. The Garden of Eden
Published in a heavily edited form in 1986, this novel explores complex themes of gender roles and androgyny.

41. What did Hemingway receive from the Italian government after his injury in WWI?

A. Purple Heart and Medal of Honor
B. Silver Medal of Military Valor and another decoration
C. Distinguished Service Cross and Bronze Star
D. Two decorations

D. Two decorations
He received two decorations from the Italian government for his service and injuries sustained.

42. While in Paris, Hemingway interviewed important leaders including Lloyd George and whom?

A. Hitler
B. Mussolini
C. Stalin
D. Churchill

B. Mussolini
As a journalist, he secured interviews with major world figures, including the Italian dictator Mussolini.

43. What event coincided with the “zenith” of Hemingway’s stylistic development in 1923?

A. Moving to Key West
B. The birth of his son John
C. Winning the Pulitzer Prize
D. Divorcing Hadley

B. The birth of his son John
The birth of his first son, John (nicknamed Bumby), occurred as his writing style was fully maturing.

44. When did Hemingway begin writing the sketches for In Our Time?

A. January 1923
B. August 1924
C. 1926
D. 1929

A. January 1923
He began writing these influential modernist sketches, which became *In Our Time*, in early 1923.

45. Which author’s ‘Dubliners’ did Hemingway read in 1923, forever changing his career?

A. Ezra Pound
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. James Joyce
D. Sherwood Anderson

C. James Joyce
Reading Joyce’s *Dubliners* was a pivotal moment that profoundly influenced his own short story writing.

46. The “lost generation” writers held that life could be nothing but what?

A. Glory
B. Hardship
C. Adventure
D. Wealth

B. Hardship
This group of writers, disillusioned by WWI, often focused on themes of existential hardship.

47. In 1934, Hemingway went on safari in which continent?

A. Europe
B. Asia
C. South America
D. Africa

D. Africa
His African safari provided the material for his non-fiction book *Green Hills of Africa*.

48. Which novel was inspired by his love for Adriana Ivancich?

A. The Old Man and the Sea
B. Across the River and Into the Trees
C. Islands in the Stream
D. The Garden of Eden

B. Across the River and Into the Trees
This 1950 novel was based on his infatuation with a young Italian aristocrat, Adriana Ivancich.

49. What was the profession of Hemingway’s father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway?

A. Teacher
B. Journalist
C. Physician
D. Pastor

C. Physician
His father was a physician, a detail that appears in the background of some Nick Adams stories.

50. Which high school activity caused eye damage, preventing WWI service?

A. Football
B. Boxing
C. Editing the school newspaper
D. Hunting

B. Boxing
An eye injury from boxing, along with generally poor vision, led to his army rejection.

The Torrents of Spring MCQs

1. Where does Yogi Johnson work at the start of the novel?

A. A logging camp
B. A big pump factory in Michigan
C. A newspaper office in Chicago
D. An automobile assembly line

B. A big pump factory in Michigan.
Yogi Johnson is introduced, looking out the window of a large pump factory in Michigan, employed and waiting for spring to arrive.

2. What specific foreign city did Yogi Johnson once spend two weeks in?

A. Rome
B. London
C. Paris
D. Duluth

C. Paris.
Yogi Johnson often thinks of Paris, remembering the two weeks he spent there, which were supposed to be the happiest of his life.

3. How many wives did Scripps O’Neil have at the beginning of the novel?

A. One
B. Three
C. Two
D. None

C. Two.
Scripps O’Neil is introduced, thinking of both of his wives; one lives in Mancelona, and the other lives in Petoskey.

4. What is Scripps O’Neil’s daughter’s playful nickname?

A. Lucy
B. Lousy O’Neil
C. The Little One
D. Darling

B. Lousy O’Neil.
Scripps playfully calls his daughter Lousy O’Neil, although her real name is identified as Lucy O’Neil.

5. What did Scripps and his Mancelona wife do together to feel happy?

A. Went to the High School
B. Drank by the railway tracks
C. Watched trains go by in town
D. Worked at the pump-factory

B. Drank by the railway tracks.
When Scripps and his wife were drinking together, they were happy and would sit under a pine tree watching trains go by.

6. What kind of wind signaled the start of spring in the factory?

A. A warm Chinook wind
B. A Northern blast
C. A cyclone
D. A trade wind

A. A warm Chinook wind.
A warm breeze started blowing, which the pump workmen called a Chinook wind, causing them to lay down their tools.

7. What was the foreman’s memorable past travel destination?

A. Chicago
B. Duluth
C. Paris
D. Petoskey

B. Duluth.
The foreman, an iron-jawed man, had once made a trip as far as Duluth, where a wonderful, vaguely defined thing had happened.

8. What color was the brick of the Mancelona High School?

A. White
B. Red
C. Yellow-brick
D. Grey-brick

C. Yellow-brick.
Scripps noted that the Mancelona High School, where his daughter learned, was a yellow-brick building lacking rococo features.

9. What poem did Scripps struggle to recall while walking home?

A. If Winter Comes…
B. The Raven
C. Home, Sweet Home
D. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. Home, Sweet Home.
Scripps struggled to remember the words to a poem his friend Harry Parker recited, including the famous line “there’s no place like home.”

10. Scripps’s cry when he found his house empty was compared to what animal’s cry in Paris?

A. A barking dog
B. A wounded cat
C. A run-over stallion
D. A singing bird

C. A run-over stallion.
Scripps’s cry of “Lucy!” was compared to the sound heard from a stallion that an autobus in the Place Vendome, Paris had once run over.

11. What item did Scripps carry inside his shirt for warmth while walking the tracks?

A. An old newspaper
B. A small frozen bird
C. A piece of coal
D. His father’s compass

B. A small frozen bird.
Scripps picked up a small dead bird that had frozen on the tracks and placed it inside his shirt to warm it with his body heat.

12. What was the bird doing inside Scripps’s shirt?

A. Pecking at his chest gratefully
B. Struggling to fly out
C. Crying softly
D. Singing loudly

A. Pecking at his chest gratefully.
The bird nestled close to his body and pecked his chest, which Scripps interpreted as a sign of gratitude.

13. Where did Scripps decide to stop, instead of Chicago, to enter the furniture business?

A. Detroit
B. Grand Rapids
C. Petoskey
D. Duluth

B. Grand Rapids.
Scripps decided to stop in Grand Rapids to get into the furniture business, believing fortunes were made that way by knowing “all the wrinkles.”

14. What item did Scripps remember from an old sign in Chicago?

A. Furniture for the People
B. Let Hartman Feather Your Nest
C. Chicago is the Capital
D. Watch Your Step

B. Let Hartman Feather Your Nest.
Scripps remembered a flashing electric sign his mother showed him that read: LET HARTMAN FEATHER YOUR NEST.

15. What was the sign written on the railway station platform where Scripps stopped?

A. MANCELONA
B. PETOSKEY
C. BAYONNE
D. CHICAGO

B. PETOSKEY.
Scripps, having become confused while walking in the snow, realized he was standing knee-deep in front of the Petoskey railway station.

16. How much money did Scripps have in his pocket when he reached Petoskey?

A. Five dollars
B. Four hundred and fifty dollars
C. Two thousand dollars
D. Eighty-four cents

B. Four hundred and fifty dollars.
Scripps had four hundred and fifty dollars remaining after successfully selling a story to George Horace Lorimer just before his drinking trip.

17. What was the sign above the beanery entrance where Scripps decided to eat?

A. OPEN ALL NIGHT
B. THE BEST BY TEST
C. CHEAP AND CLEAN
D. BROWN’S PLACE

B. THE BEST BY TEST.
Scripps decided to eat after seeing the sign: BROWN’S BEANERY THE BEST BY TEST, noting that these big owners were “wise fellows.”

18. What did Scripps order for himself and his bird?

A. Crackers and milk
B. Coffee and doughnuts
C. Beans, with pork
D. T-bone steak

C. Beans, with pork.
Scripps requested beans for both himself and the bird, which also came with a serving of pork, showing his care for the bird.

19. What specific item did Scripps’s bird peck at on the counter?

A. A sugar container
B. The catsup bottle
C. A salt cellar
D. A piece of pork

B. The catsup bottle.
The bird was placed on the counter, where it ruffled its feathers and pecked inquiringly at the catsup bottle, showing its curiosity.

20. The élderly waitress’s former home was in which literary region?

A. Scotland Highlands
B. England’s Lake District
C. The Paris Left Bank
D. Dublin

B. England’s Lake District.
The élderly waitress was from England, specifically the Lake District, which she noted was “Wordsworth’s country.”

21. What did Diana’s mother purchase from the coiffeur’s shop in Paris?

A. A new hat
B. Smelling salts
C. Hair ribbons
D. Mustache tongs

B. Smelling salts.
Diana’s mother bought “smelling salts” from the coiffeur, which later helped confirm Diana’s story of crossing the channel with her mother.

22. What item did the French general purchase at the coiffeur’s shop?

A. A razor blade
B. A mirror
C. Mustache tongs
D. A bouquet

C. Mustache tongs.
The coiffeur later recalled that the general, whom Diana was supposedly registered with, had purchased a pair of mustache tongs.

23. Which famous person did Scripps’s mother say his father admired?

A. General Sherman
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Gladstone
D. James Russell Lowell

C. Gladstone.
Diana mentioned that her family had always taken The Guardian because her father was a great admirer of Gladstone.

24. What does Diana say that Scripps is to her during their impromptu wedding ceremony?

A. Her dearest friend
B. All of America
C. Her great sorrow
D. Her fortune

B. All of America.
During their “wedding ceremony,” Diana tells Scripps, “You are my man and more than my man. You are all of America to me.”

25. Who did the newlyweds meet when they returned to the beanery after getting married?

A. Yogi Johnson
B. A drummer
C. The cook
D. General Joffre

B. A drummer.
When Scripps and Diana returned as man and wife, a drummer sat at the counter reading the Detroit News and eating a steak.

26. What magazine was Diana (the waitress) reading when Scripps returned after his first day of work?

A. The Manchester Guardian
B. The American Mercury
C. Vanity Fair
D. The Dial

A. The Manchester Guardian.
Diana was sitting behind the counter, reading the overseas edition of The Manchester Guardian, when Scripps returned to the beanery.

27. What was the buxom waitress’s name?

A. Diana
B. Mandy
C. Lucy
D. Ethel

B. Mandy.
The robust, vigorously lovely relief waitress, named Mandy by Diana, served her crackers and milk.

28. What famous author’s death did Mandy recount an anecdote about?

A. William Lyon Phelps
B. Henry Mencken
C. Henry James
D. Willa Cather

C. Henry James.
Mandy told the anecdote about Henry James receiving the Order of Merit and telling the nurse to “spare my blushes” on his deathbed.

29. What was the name Mandy suggested for Scripps’s bird?

A. Puck
B. Polly
C. Ariel
D. Osprey

C. Ariel.
Mandy suggested naming the bird Ariel, a character out of Shakespeare, while Mrs. Scripps suggested Puck.

30. What did the drummer suggest Scripps do to determine the bird’s sex?

A. See if he sings
B. Wait till he lays eggs
C. Take him to the zoo
D. Watch how he flies

B. Wait till he lays eggs.
The drummer suggested, “Wait till you see if he lays eggs,” which Scripps recognized as sound advice because he didn’t know the bird’s sex.

31. What did Diana look into the mirror and wonder constantly?

A. Could she hold him
B. Was she old
C. Could she quit the beanery
D. Should she dye her hair

A. Could she hold him.
Diana, now Mrs. Scripps, frequently looked in the mirror, wondering if she could manage to hold her husband against Mandy’s influence.

32. What specific literary magazine does Diana eventually read to try to hold Scripps?

A. The Dial
B. The Literary Digest
C. The American Mercury
D. The Manchester Guardian

C. The American Mercury.
Diana, trying to compete with Mandy, subscribed to and read The American Mercury, hoping an editorial would hold Scripps’s interest.

33. What did Diana try to convince Scripps to come home to read in The Mercury?

A. An essay on writing style
B. An editorial about chiropractors
C. A story about Iowa
D. A review of Faulkner

B. An editorial about chiropractors.
Diana made a final plea, mentioning a “wonderful editorial in it by Mencken about chiropractors.”

34. What happened to Diana’s copy of The Century Magazine as she watched for Scripps?

A. It fell from her nerveless hand
B. She burned it
C. She loaned it to a workman
D. She read it to her bird

A. It fell from her nerveless hand.
As Diana watched Scripps and felt her confidence wane, her copy of The Century Magazine slipped from her nerveless hand.

35. What animal did Diana compare the sleeping bird to as she left Scripps?

A. A wren
B. An old osprey
C. A flamingo
D. A little cat

B. An old osprey.
As Diana clutched the cage, she remembered that the sleeping bird was like an “old, old osprey from her own Lake Country.”

36. Why did Yogi Johnson visit the Public Library before the spring thaw?

A. To find a book about his worries
B. To meet the librarian
C. To look for a job
D. To read a newspaper

A. To find a book about his worries.
Yogi went to the library asking for a book because he was worried he did not want a woman, fearing this meant he was “going to pieces.”

37. What animal did Yogi lament his inability to connect with, thinking they were his only remaining affection?

A. Cats
B. Dogs
C. Horses
D. Deer

C. Horses.
Yogi worried that even his deep love of horses failed him when the two hitched in front of the feed store rejected his touch.

38. Yogi compares the intensely unpleasant experience of war combat to what American sport?

A. Baseball
B. Football
C. Boxing
D. Wrestling

B. Football.
Yogi explains to the Indians that war, specifically combat, is much like playing American football, especially the centre position.

39. In the war, what was the first phase of a good soldier, according to Yogi’s theory?

A. Not thinking anything could hit you
B. Becoming hardened
C. Doing good deeds
D. Becoming scared

A. Not thinking anything could hit you.
Yogi explains that in the first phase, a soldier is brave because they believe nothing can hit them, thinking they are special and immortal.

40. What was the small Indian’s physical disability when he played pool?

A. A scarred face
B. Two artificial arms
C. A blind eye
D. A wooden leg

B. Two artificial arms.
Yogi noticed that the little Indian had two artificial arms made of brown leather, which squeaked when he climbed the ladder.

41. What item was framed and draped in the American flag inside the Indian club?

A. George Washington’s portrait
B. A photograph of Jim Thorpe
C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s portrait
D. A picture of General Custer

C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s portrait.
The room of the Indian club featured a framed, autographed portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow draped in the American flag.

42. What name did the refined Indian, Red Dog, use to describe the Negro bartender?

A. A good worker
B. An eccentric
C. A good-hearted chap
D. All of the above

D. All of the above.
Red Dog calls Bruce “a merry fellow,” “a corking bartender and a good-hearted chap,” and an “eccentric.”

43. Which historical figure’s action was Chief Running Skunk-Backwards’s great-grandfather famous for?

A. Selling Manhattan Island
B. Fighting Custer
C. Signing a treaty
D. Discovering gold

A. Selling Manhattan Island.
Red Dog explains that Skunk-Backwards’s ancestor sold the entire Island of Manhattan for a few strings of wampum.

44. What did Red Dog ask Yogi about, which revealed Yogi was not an Indian?

A. His name
B. His work
C. His tríbe
D. His war record

C. His tríbe.
When asked about his tríbe (Sac and Fox, Jibway, Cree), Yogi revealed his parents came from Sweden or Norway.

45. What happened to the two woods Indians after Yogi’s heritage was revealed?

A. They were invited to leave quietly
B. They joined the Salvation Army
C. They were thrown down the ladder
D. They started shooting pool

C. They were thrown down the ladder.
A kick and a blow were heard from above the trap-door, and the two woods Indians were thrown crashing down the ladder.

46. What did the little Indian lose when thrown from the club?

A. His money
B. His wampum
C. One of his artificial arms
D. His cue stick

C. One of his artificial arms.
The little Indian was sobbing outside because he had lost one of his artificial arms during the rough ejection from the club.

47. What happened to the squaw who entered the beanery clad only in moccasins?

A. The cook forcibly ejected her
B. Scripps gave her clothes
C. She was served beans
D. She left after a drink

A. The cook forcibly ejected her.
The naked squaw, who caused an uproar among the patrons, was forcibly ejected by the Negro cook.

48. What did the vision of the squaw cause Yogi to realize?

A. He must return to Paris
B. His lack of desire for women was cured
C. He hated Petoskey
D. He should kill himself

B. His lack of desire for women was cured.
Something snapped inside Yogi, and he realized that his fear of not wanting women had been a mistake and was now permanently cured.

49. What was the “ugliest thing” that happened to Yogi in Paris, despite starting as beautiful?

A. He was charged too much
B. He was arrested by the police
C. He saw his lover being shown to men through a slit
D. He lost his passport

C. He saw his lover being shown to men through a slit.
Yogi discovered the beautiful woman he slept with was a próstitute being viewed through a slit by customers in a dark room.

50. What did Yogi Johnson do to his clothes as he walked North with the squaw?

A. He sold them to the Indians
B. He stripped them off and cast them away
C. He put on a new suit
D. He shared them with the squaw

B. He stripped them off and cast them away.
As Yogi walked North with the squaw, he silently stripped off his garments one by one and cast them beside the railway track.

Brief Overview

The novel, by Ernest Hemingway, takes place in Michigan as winter ends. Yogi Johnson and Scripps O’Neil work at a pump factory. Scripps is a writer. His first wife leaves him. He gets a job working with his hands.

Scripps quickly marries Diana, an élderly English waitress. They have a fast wedding ceremony. Soon, Scripps is drawn to Mandy, a younger waitress. Mandy tells him many long stories about famous writers.

Diana reads magazines and tries hard to hold her new husband. But she fails. Diana finally leaves. She takes only her sleeping bird in its cage. Scripps stays with Mandy.

Yogi Johnson is Scripps’ friend. He is worried because he does not want a woman. He tries to join an Indian club. He is thrown out because he is Swedish. The club Indians are ex-soldiers who play pool. At the beanery, an Indian squaw walks in. She wears almost no clothes. Seeing the squaw cures Yogi of his problem. He leaves the town immediately.

Yogi strips off his clothing. He walks north into the cold night with the squaw. Two Indians follow them. They collect Yogi’s discarded clothes. The warm spring chinook wind is now blowing strongly.