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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ralph have built in the Italian house as a wedding gift to Catherine?
(a) A fountain.
(b) A library.
(c) A safe.
(d) Modern bathrooms.

2. Where did Catherine and Alice live after their father died?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) The poorhouse.
(c) A great-aunt's home.
(d) A foster family.

3. How does Ralph feel when he realizes that he is being poisoned?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He is pensive.
(d) He is outraged.

4. What does Catherine do with the arsenic?
(a) She empties it in the woods.
(b) She pours it down a drain.
(c) She throws it in a pond.
(d) She flushes it in a commode.

5. Which of the following is NOT something Antonio acquires while living at the Italian house?
(a) A woman.
(b) A car.
(c) An Arabian horse.
(d) French Impressionist paintings.

6. How old was Alice when she was kept by a forty-year-old man?
(a) 25.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

7. What is a doctor's diagnosis of Ralph's condition?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cystic Fibrosis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Cancer.

8. What is the motif that is repeated throughout the story?
(a) It is what it is.
(b) Such things happen.
(c) Don't think about it now.
(d) If only she had known.

9. What was the only thing Emilia took with her when she left Ralph?
(a) Her pearl necklace.
(b) A safe deposit box.
(c) The dress she was wearing.
(d) Her wedding ring.

10. How did Catherine earn money to take care of herself and Alice?
(a) She cooked in a restaurant.
(b) She sewed.
(c) She cleaned houses.
(d) She prostituted herself.

11. Who arrives at the Truitt house one night?
(a) Antonio.
(b) India.
(c) Alice.
(d) Emilia.

12. To whom does Ralph deed the farmhouse?
(a) The Larsens.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Jack.

13. Who does Catherine hire in Chicago to work in the Italian house?
(a) A dressmaker.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A chef.
(d) A hairstylist.

14. What is the only regret Ralph has as he faces death?
(a) Marrying Catherine.
(b) Not reconciling with Antonio.
(c) Building the Italian house.
(d) Marrying Emilia.

15. How does Antonio break up with Violet?
(a) He sends a letter.
(b) He just moves away.
(c) He sends a note with a bouquet.
(d) He takes her to dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Catherine spend a lot of time while in St. Louis?

2. Where did Emilia go after she left Ralph all those years ago?

3. Who is the sister Catherine searches for while in St. Louis?

4. The Italian house is a metaphor for what?

5. Catherine visits beer parlors and _________________ with Antonio.

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