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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Crow Comes Last", where does the soldier hide?
(a) Behind a tree.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) In an apse.
(d) Behind a rock.

2. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", what does the little girl poke with a stick?
(a) A jellyfish.
(b) A crab.
(c) Her eye.
(d) A little boy.

3. In "Man in the Wasteland", what is Baciccin's nickname?
(a) Baciccin the Lucky.
(b) Baciccin the Blissful.
(c) Baciccin the Irritating.
(d) Bob.

4. In "Lazy Sons", who helps the family with their business?
(a) Pietro's girlfriend.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Pietro.
(d) No one.

5. In "The House of the Beehives", what word best describes the narrator?
(a) Politician.
(b) Socialite.
(c) Humanitarian.
(d) Hermit.

6. In "The Enchanted Garden", what are the children wearing?
(a) School uniforms.
(b) Halloween costumes.
(c) Dirty overalls.
(d) Bathing suits.

7. What language was "Difficult Loves" originally written in?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

8. In "Hunger at Bevera", how does Bisma leave town?
(a) He drives.
(b) He rides a mule.
(c) He runs.
(d) He walks.

9. In "Man in the Wasteland", who talks to the boy?
(a) Maria-nunziata.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Baciccin.
(d) The dog.

10. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", where are the three people thrown?
(a) Over a cliff into rocks.
(b) Into a fire.
(c) A crevasse called the Witch's Hole.
(d) The river Thames.

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

12. In "Hunger at Bevera", who kills Bisma?
(a) The French.
(b) His neighbors.
(c) Germans.
(d) Zefferino.

13. In "Fear on the Footpath", where is Binda trying to go?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Vendetta's camp.
(c) Florence.
(d) Paris.

14. In "Animal Woods", what attacks the soldier?
(a) A cow.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A wildcat.
(d) A pig.

15. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", whose idea was it to have the goatherd to lunch?
(a) Cristina.
(b) Quinto.
(c) The father.
(d) Marco.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lazy Sons", who asks Pietro and Andrea to work?

2. In "The Enchanted Garden", what does the little boy like about the little girl?

3. In "Animal Woods", where do the townspeople hide their animals?

4. In "Animal Woods", who is given a baby chick?

5. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what is strange about Libereso's appearance?

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