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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. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A huge dog."
(b) "A thirteen-year-old."
(c) "A dropped stone."
(d) "A rocket to the moon."

2. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?
(a) Brenda has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.
(b) Brenda was just using the discussion of her children to introduce her real objective.
(c) Brenda is no longer interested in her children--they are part of a past she wants to leave behind.
(d) Brenda is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.

3. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?
(a) Later.
(b) More.
(c) Enough.
(d) Please.

4. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?
(a) Falling in love with the wrong people.
(b) Her lack of education.
(c) Staying in New York instead of returning to Nashville.
(d) Her upbringing.

5. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
(a) Pure.
(b) Angelic.
(c) Radiant.
(d) Mischievous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

2. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?

3. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?

4. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

5. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?

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