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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) Fruit.
(b) A painting.
(c) Books.
(d) Wine.

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

3. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Confused.
(d) Apathetic.

4. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.
(b) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.
(c) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(d) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.

5. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?
(a) An Italian opera.
(b) A story about the murder of a priest.
(c) American big band music.
(d) A story about the Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?

2. 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)?

3. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?

4. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?

5. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?

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