View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postwar Stories, Section 2. Desire in November; & Transit Bed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator do to the dark woman?
(a) Teaches her to live in the forest.
(b) Rapes and murders her.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Humiliates her in front of the whole town.

2. In "Hunger at Bevera", who is the last person with livestock?
(a) Bisma.
(b) The mother.
(c) Zefferino.
(d) The priest.

3. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", who rescues Signorina De Magistris?
(a) Zeffirino's father.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Ollie the Octopus.
(d) Zeffirino.

4. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", who are the better swimmers?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The Dolori gang.
(c) The Arenella gang.
(d) The Gucci gang.

5. Who is the author of "Difficult Loves"?
(a) Italo Calvino.
(b) Harriett Tubman.
(c) John Irving.
(d) Calvino Italio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Desire in November", when did Barbagallo's clothes get stolen?

2. In "Fear on the Footpath", where is Binda trying to go?

3. What language was "Difficult Loves" originally written in?

4. In "Desire in November", what is the priest giving away?

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", the narrator is __.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 186 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample