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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postwar Stories, Section 1. Theft in a Pastry Shop; Dollars and the Demimondaine; & Sleeping Like Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sleeping Like Dogs", what does everyone want to do?
(a) Sleep in a bed.
(b) Eat at a fancy restaurant.
(c) Get off the ship.
(d) Go home.

2. In "The House of the Beehives", what word best describes the narrator?
(a) Hermit.
(b) Politician.
(c) Humanitarian.
(d) Socialite.

3. In "Lazy Sons", who asks Pietro and Andrea to work?
(a) Their girlfriends.
(b) The parents.
(c) No one.
(d) Their children.

4. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", who are the three people?
(a) Priests.
(b) Goatherders.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Soldiers.

5. In "The Crow Comes Last", where does the soldier hide?
(a) Behind a rock.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) In an apse.
(d) Behind a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Animal Woods", who tends to confiscate livestock?

2. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", what is Signorina De Magistris doing when Zeffirino finds her?

3. In "Animal Woods", who is given a baby chick?

4. In "Dollars and the Demimondaine", who are La Bolognese and Mad Maria?

5. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", which word best describes Signorina De Magistris' physical appearance?

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