“A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway
Guided Reading Comprehension Questions
Purpose- Student will demonstrate reading comprehension and express ideas in writing using complete thoughts.
Directions – Read the questions below. Then read the story on pages 685-691. Then go back and answer the questions. Answer the questions using complete sentences so that both the answer and the question are revealed.
Example: How long was Krebs in the Marines?
Answer - Krebs was in the Marines for 2 years.
1. What was Krebs doing before he enlisted in the Marines?
2. What was Krebs wearing in the picture with his fraternity brothers?
3. What was he wearing in the military picture?
4. What is the difference in the way Krebs’ clothing is described in each picture? What does that imply about his life in each time period?
5. What does hysteria mean?
6. Who, what, and why was all the hysteria about in the text?
7. Why does Krebs feel a need to lie when he talks about what happened to him in the war?
8. What is a typical day for Krebs like the summer after he returns from the war?
9. Why does Krebs not want a girlfriend?
10. Why was it easier for Krebs to be friends with French and German girls?
11. What did Krebs enjoy reading about?
12. Before the war, Krebs’ father would not allow him to take the car out. A month after Krebs returns home his father wants him to take the car out? Why? (Drawing conclusion- You have to read the whole story to answer this.)
13. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his sister? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
14. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his mother? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
15. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his father? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
16. In the last paragraph, Krebs says that his mother made him lie. What was the lie he told her? Why did he tell the lie?
“A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway
Guided Reading Comprehension Questions
Purpose- Student will demonstrate reading comprehension and express ideas in writing using complete thoughts.
Directions – Read the questions below. Then read the story on pages 685-691. Then go back and answer the questions. Answer the questions using complete sentences so that both the answer and the question are revealed.
Example: How long was Krebs in the Marines?
Answer - Krebs was in the Marines for 2 years.
1. What was Krebs doing before he enlisted in the Marines?
2. What was Krebs wearing in the picture with his fraternity brothers?
3. What was he wearing in the military picture?
4. What is the difference in the way Krebs’ clothing is described in each picture? What does that imply about his life in each time period?
5. What does hysteria mean?
6. Who, what, and why was all the hysteria about in the text?
7. Why does Krebs feel a need to lie when he talks about what happened to him in the war?
8. What is a typical day for Krebs like the summer after he returns from the war?
9. Why does Krebs not want a girlfriend?
10. Why was it easier for Krebs to be friends with French and German girls?
11. What did Krebs enjoy reading about?
12. Before the war, Krebs’ father would not allow him to take the car out. A month after Krebs returns home his father wants him to take the car out? Why? (Drawing conclusion- You have to read the whole story to answer this.)
13. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his sister? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
14. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his mother? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
15. How would you describe Krebs’ relationship with his father? Why/ What happened in the text to make you describe the relationship as such?
16. In the last paragraph, Krebs says that his mother made him lie. What was the lie he told her? Why did he tell the lie?