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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 does Elsa contemplate while standing on the balcony?
(a) Moving to Greece permanently.
(b) Leaving her boyfriend.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Changing careers.

2. What prevents Fiona from staying in the town?
(a) Shane has to get home for work.
(b) Shane doesn't want to stay.
(c) She has to return home to tend to a sick family member.
(d) She can't afford to stay there.

3. What does Dieter offer Elsa?
(a) To pay for her to go back to school.
(b) To marry her.
(c) To introduce her to his child.
(d) To move in with her.

4. Where is the apartment Thomas is staying in?
(a) Above a craft shop.
(b) Next door to the tavern.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) Above someone's garage.

5. Why does Elsa not respect Dieter?
(a) Because he has never contacted his child.
(b) Because he is not intelligent.
(c) Because he can't hold down a job.
(d) Because he does not treat women well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do David and Thomas agree on?

2. How are the locals portrayed in Chapter One?

3. What does Georgi want to do with Shane?

4. What is Elsa afraid of?

5. What does Thomas discover was left on the upstairs landing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fiona think other people have a negative reaction to Shane?

2. What is Thomas' family situation like?

3. What impression has Vonni made on the tourists?

4. How does Elsa see David?

5. What theme does the author begin to explore in Chapter Two?

6. How does Elsa feel about herself as far as her capacity to offer advice to others?

7. How does Shane further alienate himself at the beginning of Chapter Five?

8. How do the tourists and the local people of Aghia Anna act after the funeral?

9. What is Aghia Anna like?

10. What does the dance that the local men perform in front of Maria's house symbolize?

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