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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?
(a) Americano.
(b) Espresso.
(c) Latte.
(d) Cappuccino.

2. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
(a) She is inexperienced and afraid.
(b) She is ashamed of her decision to see Frank.
(c) She is in Frank's room against her will.
(d) She is not used to air conditioning.

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

4. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Renault.
(c) Bentley.
(d) Rolls Royce.

5. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Raise chickens.
(b) Restore furniture.
(c) Sell cars.
(d) Masonry.

6. 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 has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.
(b) Brenda was just using the discussion of her children to introduce her real objective.
(c) Brenda is no longer interested in her children--they are part of a past she wants to leave behind.
(d) Brenda is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.

7. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?
(a) A stain on his lapel.
(b) The overly familiar waiter.
(c) The birds outside the restaurant.
(d) A beautiful Swedish woman.

8. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
(a) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.
(b) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(c) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.
(d) That he should have become a politician.

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

10. Where is Eda when they first see her?
(a) Coming through an arch near a church.
(b) Working at the hotel desk.
(c) Riding in her parents' car.
(d) Selling jewelry in the market.

11. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Near Como.
(b) Near Lugano.
(c) Near Padua.
(d) Near Spoleto.

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

13. What does Frank offer Eda while they are in the car riding around Arezzo?
(a) A fancy watch.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Money.

14. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?
(a) For Alan to send to his daughter.
(b) To send to Nan.
(c) To send to clients.
(d) To send to Brenda.

15. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.
(b) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.
(c) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(d) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?

2. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

3. What is implied by the detail of the woman "dressed for dinner" getting out of a taxi in the morning outside Alan and Frank's hotel (39)?

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

5. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?

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