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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
(a) She has gone home to her parents.
(b) She has been coerced into sleeping with Alan.
(c) She has left Frank for Alan.
(d) She has been abandoned in Spoleto.

2. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Near Lugano.
(b) Near Como.
(c) Near Padua.
(d) Near Spoleto.

3. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?
(a) Harry's.
(b) Jack's.
(c) Nicola's.
(d) Goldie's.

4. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
(a) Europe is a snobby and elitist place.
(b) Brenda, Frank, and Alan no longer enjoy each other's company.
(c) Brenda, Frank, and Alan are getting older.
(d) Europe is a boring place to visit.

5. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Masonry.
(b) Raise chickens.
(c) Restore furniture.
(d) Sell cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Frank and Alan planned to be in Europe?

2. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?

3. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?

4. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?

5. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?

2. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?

3. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?

4. When the second part of the story opens, where are Alan and Frank, and who is with them?

5. What does the narrative imply happens between Alan and Eda on the night before the story ends, and what is Alan's reaction to it in the morning?

6. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?

7. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?

8. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?

9. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?

10. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?

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