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Hills Like White Elephants
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Hills Like White Elephants
by:
Ernest Hemingway
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The American
The Girl
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Table of Contents
Plot Overview Quick Quiz
1
of 5
Which of the following best describes the setting of the story?
Spanish countryside
World War I France
Train station in Spain
Grand Central Station
2
of 5
Who claims that the hills look like white elephants?
The American man
The waitress
The Spanish man
The girl
3
of 5
What does the American man want the girl to do?
To call him Jig
To have an operation
To get drunk
To get on the train
4
of 5
What discussion topic causes the girl to ask the man to promise to stop talking?
The war
The weather
The operation
The train
5
of 5
At the end of the story, how does the girl say she feels?
Fine
Nauseous
Dizzy
Feverous
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