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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. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.
(b) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(c) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(d) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.

2. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
(a) Brenda's sister.
(b) Alan's child.
(c) Brenda's mother.
(d) Alan's wife.

3. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) The opera.
(b) The ballet.
(c) A cabaret.
(d) A museum.

4. 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)?
(a) A water treatment facility.
(b) A science experiment.
(c) A liquid like water or wine.
(d) A glass or chalice.

5. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?
(a) A story about the murder of a priest.
(b) An Italian opera.
(c) A story about the Korean War.
(d) American big band music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?

3. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?

4. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

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

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