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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

2. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?
(a) Books.
(b) A painting.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Wine.

3. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Their questions about whether law is the right career.
(b) Their fathers' high expectations.
(c) A championship game.
(d) Being students.

4. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?
(a) Brenda.
(b) Frank.
(c) Alan.
(d) Nan.

5. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?
(a) They are meant for upper class women.
(b) They are meant for tourists.
(c) They are meant for adult women.
(d) They are meant for furnishing a home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

2. What does Eda's father do for a living?

3. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?

4. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?

5. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

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