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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginny find on the metro station map?
(a) There are four colors of lines.
(b) A stop marked Vatican.
(c) A stop marked Coliseum.
(d) A stop marked Vestal Virgins.

2. For how long has Aunt Peg been dead when Ginny goes to the 4th Noodle Penthouse?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 month.

3. What does Ginny sacrifice to the Vestal Virgins?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A condom.
(c) Her comb.
(d) A nail file.

4. In what state does Ginny wake the next morning?
(a) Excited.
(b) Still in her traveling clothes.
(c) In a nightgown she does not remember putting on.
(d) Fearful and crying.

5. What can be seen in the Roman Forum?
(a) Symbols that have never been cracked.
(b) The tablets of Zeus.
(c) Large tiger carcasses.
(d) The remains of the statues of the Vestal Virgins.

6. What is significant about the number of cast on stage?
(a) They were all men.
(b) They were all the same age.
(c) They all had the same zodiac sign.
(d) They outnumbered the audience.

7. Where does Richard suggest Ginny go?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Victoria, B.C.
(c) The West End.
(d) Trafalgar Square.

8. What does Keith ask Ginny as they are leaving Mari's?
(a) If she plans to go to Prague now.
(b) Why she invited him to come with her.
(c) What is going on with Ginny.
(d) Why she likes him.

9. Who is Ortensia?
(a) Peg's astrologer.
(b) A woman Ginny meets on the train to Berlin.
(c) The woman who shows Ginny to her room.
(d) A priestess of the vestal vigrins.

10. What does Keith wrangle Ginny into doing?
(a) Giving him more money.
(b) Helping him pack his show.
(c) Going to Verona with him.
(d) Going dancing.

11. What made Ginny order what she did?
(a) She hasn't had a coke since she left the States.
(b) She knows red wine was Aunt Peg's favorite.
(c) She saw the drink advertised on the mirror.
(d) She knows white wine was Aunt Peg's favorite.

12. Who is Jittery Grande?
(a) A man who comes on the stage at Starbucks Theater.
(b) Richard's alter ego.
(c) A juggler Ginny meets on the street.
(d) A man who visits Richard.

13. What is Ginny supposed to do with a Roman boy?
(a) Give him a symbol of something that is important to her.
(b) Invite him out for cake.
(c) Ask him about the Vestal Virgins.
(d) Ask him to show her the Vatican.

14. What happens as Ginny is filling her water bottle?
(a) A young man tries to grab her purse.
(b) A group of girls surround her.
(c) The tourists speak to her in Italian.
(d) A pigeon lands on her backpack.

15. At what counter does Ginny have the clerk call her guide?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Hosiery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mari Adams live?

2. Where is Ginny's first stop?

3. What does Ginny order when Keith insists on buying her a drink?

4. What is Ginny to ask when she arrives at 54a?

5. How long has it been since Ginny has been to the 4th Noodle Penthouse?

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