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

2. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what is Libereso's profession?
(a) Cook.
(b) Politician.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Gravedigger.

3. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", who narrates?
(a) Marco.
(b) The Goatherd.
(c) Cristina.
(d) Quinto.

4. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator hate?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Bad smells.
(c) Bees.
(d) Trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", what does one of the three people land on?

2. In "Hunger at Bevera", what does Bisma bring back to the citizens of Bevera?

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

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

5. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", what do the Dolori boys find below deck?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Lazy Sons", what is the family dynamic?

2. In "The Enchanted Garden", describe Serenella and Giovannino's relationship.

3. Describe Binda of "Fear on the Footpath".

4. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", who are the three men and why are they in their predicament?

5. Describe Libereso from "Adam, One Afternoon".

6. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", how do Zefferino and Signorina De Magistris' outlooks on life differ?

7. In "The House of the Beehives", what crime was committed? Describe it.

8. In "Lazy Sons", what does Pietro think of his brother, Andrea? Why is this ironic?

9. Describe Zefferino of "Big Fish, Little Fish".

10. In "Animal Woods", why are the animals in the woods?

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