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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young widow with whom Antonio gets involved?
(a) Victoria Anderson.
(b) Veronica Adams.
(c) Vernie Allen.
(d) Violet Alverson.

2. What does Catherine see descend toward Alice?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cloud.
(c) An angel.
(d) A feather.

3. Why does Ralph value Mrs. Larsen so much?
(a) She makes the best apple pies.
(b) She is frugal.
(c) She provides comforts for him.
(d) She sings while she works.

4. Ralph tells Catherine that Antonio reminds him of whom?
(a) Himself.
(b) Emilia.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Moretti.

5. What does Catherine realize about her own health when she is in Chicago?
(a) She is being poisoned too.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is sick with migraines.
(d) She has malaria.

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

7. Most of Ralph's fortune comes from his business in which industry?
(a) Mining.
(b) Iron.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Medicine.

8. Where do Catherine and Alice live when they leave Philadelphia?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) San Francisco.

9. The Italian house is a metaphor for what?
(a) Love.
(b) Passion.
(c) Art.
(d) Greed.

10. From what disease did Emilia die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Malaria.

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

12. Who does Catherine visit when she goes to Chicago?
(a) India.
(b) Alice.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Emilia.

13. What is the message of the telegram that Catherine sends to Antonio?
(a) Finished.
(b) Joyful end.
(c) It is over.
(d) Come at once.

14. When did Antonio have sex with Catherine's sister?
(a) A few months ago.
(b) When Catherine was in Wisconsin.
(c) Years ago.
(d) Yesterday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Catherine's thoughts after Antonio says he doesn't want to hear from her until Ralph is dead?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Antonio acquires while living at the Italian house?

3. How long does Catherine stay in bed and cry after she realizes that Alice can't be saved?

4. Antonio says that the only way Ralph will mean anything to him is _____________________.

5. What was the only thing Emilia took with her when she left Ralph?

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