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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 Adventure of a Bather", what does Isotta lose?
(a) Her bikini top.
(b) Her towel.
(c) Her goggles.
(d) Her bikini bottom.

2. In "Transit Bed", what is Seddu's profession?
(a) Nun.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Priest.
(d) Hotel owner.

3. In "The Adventure of a Photographer", what does Antonio buy?
(a) A new outfit.
(b) An old-fashioned camera.
(c) A potter's wheel.
(d) A new easel.

4. In "The Adventure of a Bather", who helps Isotta?
(a) A foreign man.
(b) Her sister.
(c) A boy and his father.
(d) Her husband.

5. In "Sleeping Like Dogs", who does Belmoretto go to see?
(a) Mad Maria.
(b) His mother.
(c) A psychic.
(d) La Bolognese.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Transit Bed", what is Gim's profession?

2. In "The Adventure of a Nearsighted Man", Amilcare Carruga is a ___.

3. In "The Adventure of a Photographer", who does Antonino Paraggi look down upon?

4. In "Desire in November", what does Barbagallo touch repeatedly?

5. In "Sleeping Like Dogs", how does Belmoretto rent out the object he himself has rented?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Dollars and the Demimondaine", how does Emanuele try to get Jolanda out of the bar?

2. In "Desire in November", who is Linda?

3. Describe the characters of Delia and Usnelli in "The Adventure of a Poet".

4. In "The Adventure of a Clerk", why doesn't the clerk talk to anyone about what he is thinking and feeling?

5. In "Desire in November", who is Barbagallo?

6. In "Sleeping Like Dogs", what is Belmoretto's plan?

7. In "Theft in a Pastry Shop", what makes the thieves more excited than money? Why?

8. How does "Transit Bed" end?

9. In "The Adventure of a Bather", what does the bather lose and what does she do?

10. Write a synopsis of "The Adventure of a Soldier".

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