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"Indian Camp" Part I
"Indian Camp" Part II
Hemingway's Style
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
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What profession is Nick's father?
A doctor
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Does Uncle George return with Nick and his father at the end of the story?
No, he does not return with them. Uncle George disappears after the Native American woman's husband kills himself.
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Which of the following did Hemingway use more of: nouns and verbs, or adjectives?
Nouns and verbs
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What is the vocabulary word for "to paddle"?
to row
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What is the verb form of disillusionment?
disillusion
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How long has the Indian woman been trying to have her baby?
Two days
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When does Nick's father tell Uncle George to take Nick out of the shanty?
After it is discovered that the Native American woman has committed suicide
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According to the third reading, which of the following was one of Hemingway's most common themes? A. How fear can be a powerful incentive for change B. The hardships that doctors often face C. Courage in the face of disillusionment and death
C. Courage in the face of disillusionment and death
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What is the vocabulary word for "a deep cut"?
Incision
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What is the vocabulary word for "living or occurring at the same time"?
contemporary
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What is the setting of this story?
An Indian camp across the lake at night
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What does Nick's father use to disinfect Uncle George's bite?
Peroxide
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According to Hemingway's Iceberg Principle, how much of the story remains below the surface?
Most of it (especially emotions)
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What is the vocabulary word for "pushed . . . off" (as in a boat)?
shoved off
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Oxymoron
An image of contradictory term
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What type of injury does the pregnant woman's husband have?
He cut his foot very badly with an axe
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What are the themes of a story?
Its unifying ideas
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Why was Hemingway's writing style different than that of many 19th-century writers who came before him?
19th-century writers wrote long descriptive passages with overly complicated prose. Hemingway, on the other hand, wrote simpler, more concise (shorter) sentences.
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What is the vocabulary word for "great happiness?"
exhilaration
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Pathos
The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience?
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Does Nick watch his father stitch up the incision?
No, Nick does not watch. He was no longer curious.
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Who rows Nick and his father back across the lake at the end of the story, and what time of day is it?
Nick's father rows them back across the lake. It is now (at the end of the story) early morning.
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What is another name for Hemingway's Iceberg Principle?
The Theory of Omission
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What is the vocabulary word for "extremely happy"?
exalted
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Personification
The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.