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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 glass or chalice.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A liquid like water or wine.

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

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)?
(a) Italians are more relaxed about time.
(b) She has been out all night.
(c) Italy has different clothing standards.
(d) Alan's eyesight is poor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?

3. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?

4. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?

5. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?

2. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?

3. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?

4. What do Frank and Brenda fight about when it is time for her to leave Italy, and how does Alan become involved in the argument?

5. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?

6. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?

7. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?

8. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?

9. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?

10. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?

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