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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", what do the goatherd and Quinto have in common?

3. In "Hunger at Bevera", how does Bisma leave town?

4. In "Lazy Sons", who is the narrator?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe some examples of the sons' laziness in "Lazy Sons".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the appearance of war and its affects that occur in various stories.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss man's will to survive as exhibited in one or more of the Wartime Stories.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of comic relief in the stories of "Difficult Loves."

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