Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of his age. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in the family of a doctor. In his school-days, he became an excellent sportman. He played football, swam, and boxed. At school he was a successful pupil. He wrote poems for the school library magazine and edited the school newspaper. In 1918, he joined the army and was given a job of driving American Red Cross ambulances on the Italian front. Two months later, he was badly wounded in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in Milan where he had twelve operations. In 1923, his first work, ‘Three Stories and Ten Poems” was written. Hemingway’s last novel, “The Old Man and the Sea”(1952), is about the courage of an old fisherman, who was fighting with a big fish and the sea for many hours and won the victory over them. In 1954 the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and “The Old Man and the Sea” was mentioned as one of his best works. Ernest Hemingway died in 1961 when he was 62 years old. 1. When was Ernest Hemingway born? A. In the eighteenth century B. In the nineteenth century C. In the twentieth century D. In the twenty- first century 2. He was a…………..student at school. A. very bad B. sporty C. very good D. B and C are correct 3. What did he do when he joined the army in the World War I? A. an ambulance driver B. a taxi driver C. a lorry driver D. a bus driver 4. What was Ernest Hemingway’s last work? A. For whom The Bell Tolls B. The Old Man and the Sea C. Three Stories and Ten Poems D. None is correct 5. Where was Hemingway born? A. American B. Italian C. The USA D. Great Britain