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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?
(a) The furniture is amusing.
(b) The furniture is likely stolen.
(c) The furniture gives people a strange feeling.
(d) The furniture is of poor quality.

2. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her handbag.

3. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?
(a) She does not want to move to the Washington, D.C. office.
(b) She does not think it would be a good idea to be working so closely with Frank.
(c) She does not think she would be able to do the job.
(d) She does not think much of the man she would be working for.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?

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

3. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

4. Who is Camille?

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

(see the answer key)

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