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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Fiona disappointed by the email Georgi gives her?
(a) Because the email was a chain letter.
(b) Because the email was from Barbara instead of Shane.
(c) Because the email was mistakenly sent to her.
(d) Because the email brought bad news.

2. What does Fiona ask Elsa for that she refuses to give her in Chapter 14?
(a) A hiding place.
(b) A job at the television station.
(c) A place to live after the vacation.
(d) Money to bail out Shane.

3. What does Fiona say is one thing she wished for when she was a little girl?
(a) An education.
(b) A phone call from her father.
(c) A place to live.
(d) A best friend.

4. Why does Shane want to go to Exarchia?
(a) To find Fiona.
(b) To meet women.
(c) To sightsee.
(d) To sell his drugs.

5. What does Miriam admit to David when he calls home at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) That his father has a gambling addiction.
(b) That his father is in a coma.
(c) That his father has colon cancer.
(d) That his father is an alcoholic.

6. What does Fiona fail at in Chapter 11?
(a) Finding a job.
(b) Translating poetry.
(c) Cooking dinner for the group.
(d) Getting David to notice her.

7. What does Bill discover when talking to Shirley?
(a) That she is moving.
(b) That she is getting divorced again.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is having financial troubles.

8. What do Vonni and Andreas return to the tavern to make?
(a) Tapas.
(b) Souvlakia.
(c) Pastrama.
(d) Dolmades.

9. What does Dr. Leros tell Fiona about her health?
(a) She is perfectly healthy.
(b) She is suffering from depression.
(c) She is diabetic.
(d) She has the flu.

10. Which poet does Thomas quote to Elsa?
(a) Tennyson.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Byron.
(d) Whitman.

11. What secret does Andreas reveal to Vonni in Chapter 16?
(a) That he has always wanted to be a doctor.
(b) That he is tired of running the tavern.
(c) That he wanted to marry her 25 years ago.
(d) That he has always wanted to be an actor.

12. What does Fiona try to conceal before she visits Shane?
(a) A tattoo.
(b) A bruise.
(c) Her new hairstyle.
(d) Her pregnancy.

13. Where do Fiona's parents, Maureen and Sean, live?
(a) In Athens.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In Dublin.
(d) In Chicago.

14. Before Vonni and Andreas go to the tavern to make dolmades, what does Vonni ask Andreas to not let her do?
(a) Give any more advice.
(b) Get remarried.
(c) Start drinking again.
(d) Sell her house.

15. What crime did Vonni commit?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Treason.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara think about Fiona and Shane's relationship?

2. What does Vonni ask the tourists to do once they get home?

3. How does Shane feel about Fiona at this point in the novel?

4. What does David tell his parents in a letter?

5. Why is Fiona's mother, Barbara, thrilled to receive a phone call from Shane asking whether Fiona has returned to Dublin?

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