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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. What simile does Vinnie's seatmate on the airplane use to describe airline fare? Airline fare is like. . .
(a) Cardboard.
(b) Manure.
(c) Leather boots.
(d) Silage.

2. Where did Fred meet the people with whom he is dining?
(a) High school.
(b) The Druids' midsummer solstice celebration.
(c) Graduate school.
(d) The London Zoo.

3. Who does Rosemary announce she and Fred will eat with after the play?
(a) Mrs. Harris.
(b) Erin.
(c) Vinnie.
(d) Maria Jones.

4. Vinnie's research is comparing the Play-Rhymes of which two cultures?
(a) Russian and German.
(b) British and German.
(c) American and Russian.
(d) British and American.

5. What does Vinnie consider doing with the text from Mary?
(a) Researching to see if it is true.
(b) Writing a book about it.
(c) Rewriting her thesis based upon it.
(d) Excluding it from her study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane write?

2. According to Chuck, the Tower of London is just an abandoned what?

3. Which of the following was not a guest of Posy's?

4. What does Vinnie contemplate on her bus ride home from Fortnum & Mason's in Chapter 3?

5. In the three years since her break-up, what has Vinnie protected herself against?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the unfortunate similarities between Chuck and Vinnie?

2. Why does the British Museum frustrate Fred?

3. Why does Fred take the Underground for the first time?

4. Why does Vinnie think both Rosemary and Fred appear to be improved by their relationship when she sees them during intermission in Chapter 5?

5. What reasons does Chuck give for spending so much time in England?

6. Describe Chuck's appearance when he arrives at Vinnie's house late at night in Chapter 5.

7. Why do the Vogelers feel Fred getting involved with Rosemary is a mistake?

8. Why does Vinnie think that a relationship between Fred and Rosemary can be nothing more than a fling?

9. Describe each character's actions after Jimbo's car drives up.

10. Why does Fred think the letter he finally receives from Roo in Chapter 6 is ill-timed?

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