What's Up American Idioms
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I. READING EXERCISES
A. Get the Picture? C o m p r e h e n s i o n
DIRECTIONS: These questions are based on the story you just read.
Write "True" or "False" after each statement.
1. Hemingway's work as a novelist began well. |
True |
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2.After publishing The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway stopped working hard as a novelist.
3.Hemingway became famous through his writing and his personal life.
4.He liked hunting, fishing, and going to bullfights.
5.Hemingway never used experiences from his own life in his novels.
6.Hemingway wanted to marry a nurse he met during World War I.
7.Other writers never influenced Hemingway.
8.It seemed that Hemingway was to be a great writer.
B. Get the Picture? Inferences
DIRECTIONS: An inference is something that is not stated directly, but is implied. Write "True" or "False" after each inference.
1.Hemingway lived a simple life.
2.Hemingway didn't like to travel.
3.Hemingway is one of the most successful twen- tieth-century American writers.
