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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 reason does Eda give for refusing to go to Florence with Frank and Alan?
(a) She does not know what she will tell her parents.
(b) She has exams at school on Monday.
(c) She is afraid to leave town with strangers.
(d) She is not really interested in Frank.

2. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.
(b) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.
(c) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.
(d) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.

3. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?
(a) She is physically attractive.
(b) She is sexually available.
(c) She is uncomfortably warm.
(d) She is angry about something.

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

5. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) Part of their law practice.
(b) Their dog.
(c) The apartment.
(d) Their child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?

2. What is Alan's life being compared to in the sentence, "It seemed that his life was being clarified, the sediment was drifting down" (39)?

3. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?

4. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?

5. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?

(see the answer key)

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