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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Fear on the Footpath", what major event is happening?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Spanish Inquisition.

2. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what does Libereso try to give Maria-nunziata?
(a) Dahlias.
(b) Amphibians, reptiles, fish, bugs and worms.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A ring, necklace and earrings.

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

4. In "Animal Woods", who tends to confiscate livestock?
(a) Americans.
(b) Germans.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Englishman.

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

6. In "Going to Headquarters", who are the characters?
(a) Pietro and Andrea.
(b) A soldier and an unarmed man.
(c) Zefferino and his father.
(d) Libereso and Maria-nunziata.

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

8. In "Lazy Sons", what business does the family own?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A convenience store.
(c) A farm.
(d) A bank.

9. In "Lazy Sons", who thinks Andrea is cruel?
(a) Pietro's girlfriend.
(b) Andrea's girlfriend.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Pietro.

10. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", what does one of the three people land on?
(a) His fat friend.
(b) An unburnt coal.
(c) A stake.
(d) A lilypad.

11. In "The House of the Beehives", where does the narrator live?
(a) A cave.
(b) In a small village.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) The woods.

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

13. In "The Enchanted Garden", what does the little boy like about the little girl?
(a) She bosses him around.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She never cries.
(d) She is a good sister.

14. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy first shoot?
(a) Ants.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Crows.
(d) Trout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lazy Sons", why is the family business failing?

2. In "Man in the Wasteland", who claims nothing is his fault?

3. In "Lazy Sons", who is the narrator?

4. In "Going to Headquarters", where does the story take place?

5. In "The Enchanted Garden", what do the children eat?

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