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

2. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(b) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(c) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(d) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.

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

4. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Metaphor.

5. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?
(a) The view from his balcony.
(b) His Biedermeier desk.
(c) An alumni magazine.
(d) A legal passage dealing with spousal support.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank like about Brenda?

3. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?

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

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

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