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

2. What is Alan's family's religious background?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Jewish.

3. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(b) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(c) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(d) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.

4. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Frank.
(d) Her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?

2. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?

3. What technique is used in the sentence, "On the curtained upper floors the legs of countesses uncoiled, slithering on the sheets like a serpent" (38)?

4. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?

5. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?

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