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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Confused.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Ashamed.

2. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
(a) Angelic.
(b) Mischievous.
(c) Pure.
(d) Radiant.

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

4. 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) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.
(d) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.

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

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

7. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Police.
(b) Taxi driver.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Tour leader.

8. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?
(a) She asks Frank for money.
(b) She instantly refuses.
(c) She threatens to call her parents.
(d) She calls the police.

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

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

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

12. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?
(a) Frank looks upset by what Eda is saying.
(b) Frank's tweed jacket has a price tag on it.
(c) Frank is getting thick around his waist.
(d) Frank's hair is thinning.

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

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

15. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?
(a) Playful.
(b) Earnest.
(c) Banal.
(d) Condescending.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?

3. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

4. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

5. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?

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