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

2. In "The Enchanted Garden", where does the story take place?
(a) The children's house.
(b) A garden.
(c) A school room.
(d) The Alps.

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

4. In "Man in the Wasteland", the narrator is __.
(a) A dog.
(b) The father.
(c) Baciccin.
(d) The boy.

5. In "Lazy Sons", what do Pietro and Andrea like to do?
(a) Work in the family store.
(b) Sleep late, smoke, and watch billiards.
(c) Sing and dance.
(d) Chase women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", what is Signorina De Magistris doing when Zeffirino finds her?

2. In "Hunger at Bevera", who is fighting around the citizens of Bevera?

3. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what does Maria-nunziata repeatedly exclaim?

4. In "Animal Woods", what attacks the soldier?

5. In "The Crow Comes Last", where does the soldier hide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", what does the one man survive through?

3. Describe the narrator in "The House of the Beehives".

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

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

6. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", how does the narrator perceive the Goatherd?

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

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

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

10. Describe the little boy in "The Crow Comes Last".

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