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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the stories of "Difficult Loves" originally written?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1970's and 1980's.
(c) 1940's and 1950's.
(d) 1984.

2. In "The Enchanted Garden", what do the children eat?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Snails.
(c) Sponge cake.
(d) Broccoli.

3. In "Mine Field", what is one of the characters trying to cross?
(a) A river.
(b) A mountain pass.
(c) A field.
(d) A street.

4. In "Lazy Sons", who is the narrator?
(a) Pietro.
(b) Andrea.
(c) The father.
(d) The mother.

5. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", where does the survivor emerge from in order to escape?
(a) A beaver den.
(b) A cave.
(c) A basement.
(d) A sewage drain.

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

7. In "Man in the Wasteland", who holds the gun?
(a) Baciccin.
(b) The father.
(c) Baciccin's daughter.
(d) The boy.

8. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", what does the survivor worry s/he will be driven to?
(a) Throwing rocks.
(b) Torture.
(c) Cannibalism.
(d) Drinking his own urine.

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

10. In "Fear on the Footpath", what is Binda's occupation?
(a) Courier.
(b) Sniper.
(c) Cook.
(d) General.

11. In "Animal Woods", who is the worst shot in town?
(a) The widow.
(b) The German soldier.
(c) Zefferino.
(d) Giua.

12. 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.

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

14. In "The Enchanted Garden", what do the children see in the house?
(a) A little boy.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A man and a woman arguing.
(d) A dead body.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Lazy Sons", who helps the family with their business?

3. In "Mine Field", what happens at the end of the story?

4. In "The Enchanted Garden", where does the story take place?

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

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