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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hella want out of life?
(a) To settle down.
(b) To have a family.
(c) All of these.
(d) To have a man to come home to.

2. What does David's father avoid asking David, regarding his personal relationships?
(a) If he is seeing anyone.
(b) If David is homosexual.
(c) If David is popular.
(d) If David has made any close friends.

3. When the relationship between Hella and David deteriorates, what do they do too often?
(a) Travel.
(b) Talk.
(c) Fight.
(d) Drink.

4. What does David attempt to avoid discussing with Hella?
(a) Her trip.
(b) Their future.
(c) HIs parents.
(d) Their past.

5. What does Giovanni warn David in regards to returning home?
(a) His father will disown him.
(b) Home will no longer exist.
(c) He will no longer speak to him.
(d) Hella will follow him.

6. What does Hella say Americans should never do?
(a) Learn another language.
(b) Date rich men.
(c) Forget their past.
(d) Go to Europe.

7. The French news claims what is lost with Guillaume's murder?
(a) A brilliant mind.
(b) A great bar.
(c) Respect for humanity.
(d) French history.

8. Why does David want to sleep with Sue?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) To prove to himself he likes women.
(c) To punish Giovanni.
(d) He is getting married.

9. Why is Giovanni home from work after David's affair with Sue?
(a) He quit his job.
(b) He got fired.
(c) He is scared to go outside.
(d) He was worried about David's whereabouts.

10. According to her letter, Hella will visit what city prior to returning to Paris?
(a) Rome.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Florence.
(d) Seville.

11. When the news of Guillaume's murder breaks, what happens to Giovanni?
(a) He sobs on the grave.
(b) He tries to find the murderer.
(c) He loses his mind.
(d) He disappears.

12. Where does Hella ask many questions about Giovanni?
(a) At the dinner table.
(b) On long drives.
(c) On walks.
(d) In bed.

13. What tragedy has Giovanni recently endured?
(a) Losing his parents.
(b) A still-born child.
(c) Losing the family fortune.
(d) The death of his grandmother.

14. What does David think of Americans, in comparison to the French?
(a) They speak clearly.
(b) They have more style.
(c) They seem like country rubes.
(d) They have better table manners.

15. What does David want out of life that he believes he cannot have if he is homosexual?
(a) Money.
(b) Religion.
(c) Children.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. David believes that newspapers exist for a purpose other than what?

2. How does David feel about Paris?

3. Where does David go without Hella?

4. What does Giovanni plead as his motive?

5. Why is the murder of Guillaume big news?

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