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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. How long have Frank and Alan planned to be in Europe?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

3. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(b) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(c) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(d) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.

4. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Jewelry and watches.
(c) Art.
(d) Real estate.

5. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.
(b) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(c) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(d) Whether Frank is really his friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?

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. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

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

5. What is Alan's family's religious background?

(see the answer key)

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