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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 did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) A museum.
(b) The opera.
(c) A cabaret.
(d) The ballet.

2. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?
(a) He offers her sweets.
(b) He picks up her fallen school books.
(c) He asks her for directions.
(d) He pretends to know her parents.

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

4. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Confused.

5. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
(a) She is in Frank's room against her will.
(b) She is ashamed of her decision to see Frank.
(c) She is not used to air conditioning.
(d) She is inexperienced and afraid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

3. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?

4. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?

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

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