Below you will find a set of study guide questions that you can answer as you read through your summer reading novel. Although completing these questions is not a requirement, doing so will help you learn the material in order to be successful on your summer reading exam in first term. You can use your study guide answers on the exam itself, so it is in your best interest to complete them to the best of your ability!
You may choose to maintain a physical notebook with your answers to these questions, or you may choose to complete your answers in a digital format.
You may choose to maintain a physical notebook with your answers to these questions, or you may choose to complete your answers in a digital format.
Chapters 1-4
1. Name TWO specific sports that Robert Cohn participates in.
2. Why does Frances (Robert’s lover) kick Jake under the table when they are having dinner
in a restaurant?
3. Robert wants Jake to go on a trip with him. Where does Robert want to go?
4. What is Jake’s job?
5. What city do Jake and Robert live in during this part of the novel?
6. Jake notes that Georgette is quite beautiful in general but that one part of her is ugly. What part is this?
7. Why does Jake put fifty francs in an envelope?
8. Who visits Jake at 4:30 in the morning?
Chapters 5-7
1. In chapter 5, Jake and Robert go out to lunch, and Jake ends up getting angry and telling Robert to go to hell. What did Robert say to make Jake angry?
2. Jake’s acquaintance Harvey Stone says, “I’m like a cat.” What does he mean by this?
3. When Jake meets Robert and Frances for lunch, Frances asks to speak to him privately. What does she want to tell him?
4. When Brett wants to be alone with Jake, she sends the count out to get something. What does she send him to get?
5. The count shows Jake an unusual scar that he has. What kind of weapon caused it?
6. True or false: Brett is engaged to be married.
7. True or false: The count arranges for a prostitute to visit Jake in his room because he worries that Jake will be depressed when Brett leaves with the count.
Chapters 8-10
1. What do Jake and Bill plan to do together when they go to Spain?
2. How did Brett’s fiancé Michael injure his nose?
3. True or false: Jake finds out that Brett and Robert recently went to San Sebastian together.
4. Why are Jake and his friends unable to get seated at lunch in the dining car of the train until late in the afternoon?
5. True or false: Jake prays in a church after he and his friends arrive in Pamplona.
6. What do Robert and Bill bet money on in Pamplona?
7. Why does Robert decide to stay in Pamplona instead of going to the Irati River with Jake and Bill?
Chapters 11-12
1. True or false: On the bus to Burguete, Jake and Bill meet a Basque man who lived for fifteen years in the U.S.
2. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?
3. What musical instrument does Bill play in the hotel?
4. When Jake wakes up in the morning, he goes outside and does something. When he comes inside, Bill teases him for what he did. What does he do?
5. True or false: Jake does not catch any fish, but Bill catches several.
6. True or false: After their fishing trip, Jake and Bill take a nap outdoors before returning to the hotel.
7. True or false: When they return to the hotel, Jake and Bill find that Brett, Michael, and Robert have arrived.
Chapters 13-15
1. Who sends Jake a letter at the beginning of these chapters?
2. Who sends Jake a telegram (like a letter but very, very short) at the beginning of these chapters?
3. When Harris leaves Burguete, he gives Jake an envelope. What is in the envelope?
4. What does Mike say when he’s asked whether he earned medals in the war?
5. What request does Brett make of Jake when they visit a church?
6. On another occasion, Brett is not allowed inside a church. Why?
7. True or false: When Jake meets the bullfighter Pedro Romero, they have trouble communicating because Romero does not speak English well.
8. True or false: Michael is injured at the bullfight when he tries to impress Brett by jumping into the ring.
Chapters 16-17
1. Which member of Jake’s group of friends gets drunk and becomes insulting and hostile to the other men at the beginning of these chapters?
2. What happened to cause this character to become hostile?
3. Fill in the blank: “There is no Spanish word for __________-____________” (two words, hyphenated)
4. When Brett reads Romero’s palm, what fortune does she tell him?
5. What is Cohn doing when Jake goes back to their hotel room?
6. What does Romero give Brett during the bullfight?
7. How does Pedro Romero die?
Chapters 18-19
1. True or false: After beating up both Jake and Pedro Romero, Robert Cohn appears at his friends’ breakfast table the next morning as if nothing is wrong and doesn’t understand why everyone is angry with him.
2. True or false: While out for a walk with Jake, Brett decides to go into a church and pray.
3. During the bullfight, Pedro Romero brings an item to Brett. What item is this?
4. There is something “wrong” (i.e. a physical problem or handicap) with the first bull that Romero fights. What is this problem?
5. True or false: Brett leaves Pamplona with Romero, leaving Mike behind.
6. In what kind of vehicle do Jake, Mike, and Bill leave Pamplona?
7. After they leave Pamplona, what system do Jake, Mike, and Bill use to determine who will pay for their drinks at a bar?
8. Jake receives two telegrams bearing the same message. Whom are these telegrams from, and what do they say?
1. Name TWO specific sports that Robert Cohn participates in.
2. Why does Frances (Robert’s lover) kick Jake under the table when they are having dinner
in a restaurant?
3. Robert wants Jake to go on a trip with him. Where does Robert want to go?
4. What is Jake’s job?
5. What city do Jake and Robert live in during this part of the novel?
6. Jake notes that Georgette is quite beautiful in general but that one part of her is ugly. What part is this?
7. Why does Jake put fifty francs in an envelope?
8. Who visits Jake at 4:30 in the morning?
Chapters 5-7
1. In chapter 5, Jake and Robert go out to lunch, and Jake ends up getting angry and telling Robert to go to hell. What did Robert say to make Jake angry?
2. Jake’s acquaintance Harvey Stone says, “I’m like a cat.” What does he mean by this?
3. When Jake meets Robert and Frances for lunch, Frances asks to speak to him privately. What does she want to tell him?
4. When Brett wants to be alone with Jake, she sends the count out to get something. What does she send him to get?
5. The count shows Jake an unusual scar that he has. What kind of weapon caused it?
6. True or false: Brett is engaged to be married.
7. True or false: The count arranges for a prostitute to visit Jake in his room because he worries that Jake will be depressed when Brett leaves with the count.
Chapters 8-10
1. What do Jake and Bill plan to do together when they go to Spain?
2. How did Brett’s fiancé Michael injure his nose?
3. True or false: Jake finds out that Brett and Robert recently went to San Sebastian together.
4. Why are Jake and his friends unable to get seated at lunch in the dining car of the train until late in the afternoon?
5. True or false: Jake prays in a church after he and his friends arrive in Pamplona.
6. What do Robert and Bill bet money on in Pamplona?
7. Why does Robert decide to stay in Pamplona instead of going to the Irati River with Jake and Bill?
Chapters 11-12
1. True or false: On the bus to Burguete, Jake and Bill meet a Basque man who lived for fifteen years in the U.S.
2. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?
3. What musical instrument does Bill play in the hotel?
4. When Jake wakes up in the morning, he goes outside and does something. When he comes inside, Bill teases him for what he did. What does he do?
5. True or false: Jake does not catch any fish, but Bill catches several.
6. True or false: After their fishing trip, Jake and Bill take a nap outdoors before returning to the hotel.
7. True or false: When they return to the hotel, Jake and Bill find that Brett, Michael, and Robert have arrived.
Chapters 13-15
1. Who sends Jake a letter at the beginning of these chapters?
2. Who sends Jake a telegram (like a letter but very, very short) at the beginning of these chapters?
3. When Harris leaves Burguete, he gives Jake an envelope. What is in the envelope?
4. What does Mike say when he’s asked whether he earned medals in the war?
5. What request does Brett make of Jake when they visit a church?
6. On another occasion, Brett is not allowed inside a church. Why?
7. True or false: When Jake meets the bullfighter Pedro Romero, they have trouble communicating because Romero does not speak English well.
8. True or false: Michael is injured at the bullfight when he tries to impress Brett by jumping into the ring.
Chapters 16-17
1. Which member of Jake’s group of friends gets drunk and becomes insulting and hostile to the other men at the beginning of these chapters?
2. What happened to cause this character to become hostile?
3. Fill in the blank: “There is no Spanish word for __________-____________” (two words, hyphenated)
4. When Brett reads Romero’s palm, what fortune does she tell him?
5. What is Cohn doing when Jake goes back to their hotel room?
6. What does Romero give Brett during the bullfight?
7. How does Pedro Romero die?
Chapters 18-19
1. True or false: After beating up both Jake and Pedro Romero, Robert Cohn appears at his friends’ breakfast table the next morning as if nothing is wrong and doesn’t understand why everyone is angry with him.
2. True or false: While out for a walk with Jake, Brett decides to go into a church and pray.
3. During the bullfight, Pedro Romero brings an item to Brett. What item is this?
4. There is something “wrong” (i.e. a physical problem or handicap) with the first bull that Romero fights. What is this problem?
5. True or false: Brett leaves Pamplona with Romero, leaving Mike behind.
6. In what kind of vehicle do Jake, Mike, and Bill leave Pamplona?
7. After they leave Pamplona, what system do Jake, Mike, and Bill use to determine who will pay for their drinks at a bar?
8. Jake receives two telegrams bearing the same message. Whom are these telegrams from, and what do they say?
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