Ernest Hemingway's first job was as a newspaper writer in Kansas, at the age of 17. He wrote about everything that happened at the local police station, the train station, and the hospital. Hemingway worked for the newspaper for six months. The Red Cross then hired him to work during World War I.

Question

Hemingway traveled to Italy to work for an ambulance unit, which transported wounded soldiers to hospitals. During his military service, Hemingway was wounded. After his release from the hospital, he was promoted to first lieutenant in the army. Hemingway left the army in 1919.
When he came back to America, Hemingway began writing for a magazine. He married a woman named Elizabeth, and they moved to Paris, France. In Paris, Hemingway began writing fiction. He also traveled all over Europe writing news stories about various wars.
While he was in Spain covering a war, he wrote To Have and Have Not. He also wrote several novels when he lived in Cuba and Paris, France.
Throughout his career, Ernest Hemingway published nine novels. More of his writing was published after his death.

1. Which of the following sentences should be added to paragraph 1?
A. Ernest Hemingway lived in Idaho for the last several years of his life.
B. Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was the second of four children.
C. After winning the Nobel Prize, Hemingway did not publish again.
D. Ernest Hemingway joined the Italian army at the age of 18.

2. Which of the following sentences would best introduce paragraph 3?
A. Hemingway wrote many of his novels overseas.
B. Hemingway began losing memory in his final years.
C. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1953.
D. Hemingway worked as a journalist for many years.

3. Which of the following sentences would best conclude paragraph 3?
A. He published his first novel, The Torrents of Spring, in 1926.
B. Hemingway's wife was educated at the Mary Institute.
C. Hemingway's military service lasted for about a year.
D. He quit working for the Toronto Star in 1924.

1. D
2. A
3. A

Answer 1

I agree with your answers. This blurb is filled with misstatements, though. His first wife was Hadley, not Elizabeth. His first novel, published in 1926, was THE SUN ALSO RISES, not THE TORRENTS OF SPRING. THE TORRENTS OF SPRING was a collection of short stories.

The only novel he wrote while living in Paris was his first. He continued to travel widely, including some stays and visits to Paris, but he never lived there again, after he and Hadley split up and he married his second wife.

Answer 2

I recommend you read this short biography. It's much more accurate than the material you posted:

http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-hemingway-9334498#life-in-europe

Answer 3

And, I'm sorry. THE TORRENTS OF SPRING is a novella, not short stories. THE SUN ALSO RISES is considered his first novel, however.