Soldier's Home

Krebs' home presents him

• with his best opportunity to return to a normal life.

• with a chance to rebuild his life following the dissipation of his time in Europe.

• with the experience he must endure before he can get on with his new life.

• with the setting he needs in order to forget about the war.

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Krebs' father is

• cautious and concerned.

• controlling and angry.

• aloof and indifferent.

• devoted and considerate.

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Krebs's sister wants her brother's assurance that she is his girl and he is her beau. When Krebs confirms he will always love her, this indicates that

• Krebs and his sister are devoted to each other.

• Krebs's sister is an emotional substitute for a real girlfriend.

• Krebs is retreating into his childhood.

• Krebs is only able to talk to his sister.

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The mother's statement, "We are all of us in His Kingdom," is intended to appeal to her son's

• spirituality.

• patriotism.

• justice.

• integrity.

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Krebs decides to seek employment in a city to

• accommodate his mother's request.

• become financially independent.

• avoid commitment and complication.

• relocate and begin a fresh start.

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Hemingway's choice of diction when Krebs says, "I know, Mummy. . . .I'll try and be a good boy for you," suggests that Krebs

• has genuine regrets about his behavior.

• is mocking his mother for nagging him about getting a job.

• is infantilized by his mother's reminiscences about him as a baby.

• wishes to retreat into childhood.

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Krebs observes that the girls in his town have bobbed hair and wear silk stockings-the outward signs of modern girls-but he does not want to work at chasing after them because he

• is unable to adjust to their changes.

• does not remember how to carry on a proper courtship.

• prefers the carefree spirits of the European girls he has known.

• is intimidated by their beauty.

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The authors tone suggests that in Krebs's later life he

• will come to terms with his disillusionment.

• will reenlist and find comfort in the military.

• will strive to satisfy his parents' expectations for him.

• will be irreversibly altered by his war experiences.

Which of the following sentences best states the theme of “Soldier’s Home”?

• Family and friends want returning soldiers to find good jobs.

• Most civilians don’t appreciate the heroism of soldiers.

• Wartime combat can be so devastating that it changes one completely.

• Most soldiers return home with little respect for their neighbors.

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In his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Hemingway expresses both an awareness of great writers who came before him and a need to exceed their accomplishments. In “Soldier’s Home,” Hemingway succeeded by writing one of the first realistic descriptions of—

• postwar disillusionment

• wartime experiences

• life in the Midwest

• family life

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