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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. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?
(a) Hire a private detective.
(b) Move somewhere cheaper.
(c) Get married again.
(d) Pretend that your ex-husband was abusive.

2. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?
(a) Brenda was just using the discussion of her children to introduce her real objective.
(b) Brenda has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.
(c) Brenda is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.
(d) Brenda is no longer interested in her children--they are part of a past she wants to leave behind.

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

4. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?
(a) Frank.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Alan.
(d) Nan.

5. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's sister.
(b) Alan's mother.
(c) Alan's child.
(d) Alan's wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long do Frank and Alan work on the Hardmann Roe case?

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

5. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?

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