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

2. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", Zeffirino loves to ___.
(a) Sing.
(b) Swim.
(c) Fish.
(d) Play baseball.

3. In "Lazy Sons", how old are Pietro and Andrea?
(a) Old men.
(b) Old women.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Babies.

4. In "The House of the Beehives", what "guards" the narrator's house?
(a) Bears.
(b) Bobcats.
(c) Bees.
(d) Wasps.

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", who ruins the hunt?
(a) The dog.
(b) Baciccin.
(c) The father.
(d) Baciccin's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Man in the Wasteland", what are the father and son hunting?

2. In "The Enchanted Garden", what do the children see in the house?

3. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", which word best describes Signorina De Magistris' physical appearance?

4. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what does Libereso try to give Maria-nunziata?

5. In "Fear on the Footpath", who does Binda imagine he sees?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Man in the Wasteland", what does Baciccin complain about?

5. In "Animal Woods", how does the German soldier die?

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

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

8. What is the story "Mine Field" about?

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

10. In "The Enchanted Garden", how do Serenella and Giovannino perceive the little boy in the house?

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