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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 "Big Fish, Little Fish", where do Signorina De Magistris and Zeffirino keep the fish they have caught?
(a) In a bucket.
(b) In a tide pool.
(c) In a cooler.
(d) In a backpack.

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

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

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

5. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", how do the Dolori boys get out to the ship?
(a) They swim.
(b) They walk.
(c) They anchor their ship right next to it and jump on.
(d) They parachute in.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The House of the Beehives", where does the narrator live?

2. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", what attacks Signorina De Magistris?

3. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy first shoot?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Hunger in Bevera", what happens to Bisma?

2. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what is Maria-nunziata's understanding of sex?

3. What is the surprise ending of "A Ship Loaded with Crabs"?

4. What is the family dynamic portrayed in "A Goatherd at Luncheon"?

5. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", how does the one man escape?

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

7. In "Fear on the Footpath", what does Binda think he sees?

8. In "Man in the Wasteland", how does Baciccin ruin hunting for the boy and his father?

9. Describe Baciccin of "Man in the Wasteland".

10. Describe the unarmed man in "Going to Headquarters".

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