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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. How does the engineer of Pietrarsa respond to the narrator's bet?
(a) He changes the time frame to two years.
(b) He is worried he is right.
(c) He refuses to take the bet.
(d) He thinks he is a fool.

2. How does Nunzia describe the Marquis?
(a) A rich idiot.
(b) An immoral slob.
(c) A wicked fool.
(d) An absurd poet.

3. What does the woman with the toys ask the stock man in "Broken Toys"?
(a) Questions about school.
(b) Questions about his personal life.
(c) Questions about children.
(d) Questions about geography.

4. Why does Professor Gori think he missed Cesara Reis's wedding?
(a) He was late trying to fix his coat.
(b) He doesn't know what time it starts.
(c) All the people are standing outside.
(d) He saw her getting into a car.

5. Why does Professor Gori find the groom's brother when he hears the wedding has been canceled?
(a) He wants to know how to console the bride.
(b) He wants to know the groom's name.
(c) He wants to take them out to lunch.
(d) He wants to know when the wedding with take place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the engineer in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" avoid the narrator?

2. What happens to Giacobbe at the end of "The Idolaters"?

3. Where does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" run into an engineer of Pietrarsa?

4. How does Professor Gori feel about trying on frock-coats?

5. Why does Mr. Migri leave town after the wedding is postponed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the statue of San Pantaleone at the end of "The Idolaters"?

2. Why doesn't Pallura have candle wax with him in "The Idolaters"?

3. How do the townspeople react to the red lights in the sky in "The Idolaters"?

4. Why is the town of Pietrarsa building a fountain in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa"?

5. How does the stocky man in "Broken Toys" judge the Southern Italians?

6. How do the people on the train act in "Broken Toys"?

7. In "Broken Toys," what happens after the stocky man opens the train's door?

8. How does the wedding party react to the news that Cesara Reis's wedding has been postponed?

9. Why is progress on the fountain in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" continually stalled?

10. What is Giacobbe's plan for his visit to Mascalico?

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