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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Evelyn want to liaise with in Part I?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives officers.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The English Home Office.

2. What does Peg say to Ulysses that she knows crosses a line?
(a) She insults his mother.
(b) She insults his daughter.
(c) She insults his wife.
(d) She insults his war service.

3. Who does Ulysses want to come to Italy with him?
(a) Col.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Pete.
(d) Peg and Alys and Cress.

4. What did Ulysses's father do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Globe-maker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What is the name of the town the bells ring from that Ulysses can hear?
(a) San Marco.
(b) San Rici.
(c) San Helios.
(d) Santo Spirito.

6. What do Ulysses, the Captain, and Evelyn share?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Water.
(d) Meat.

7. What does Peg say about Ulysses's looks when she sees him in Part II?
(a) He looks Irish.
(b) He looks older.
(c) He looks Italian.
(d) He looks British.

8. What does Evelyn say she remembers a former lover once giving her?
(a) A glass of wine.
(b) A hat.
(c) A violet.
(d) A petticoat.

9. What does Tubby drive?
(a) Old ambulance.
(b) Ford pickup truck.
(c) Red Mustang.
(d) Black Jaguar.

10. What does Massimo tell Ulysses to wait to purchase so as not to risk making the neighbors jealous?
(a) An oven.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A car.

11. What work of art does the captain show Evelyn and Ulysses that has been rescued?
(a) The Ecstasy of St. Theresa.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) Deposition from the Cross.
(d) The Enid.

12. What does Ginny do with her baby?
(a) Give it to her neighbors to raise.
(b) Raise it.
(c) Give it up for adoption to people she does not know.
(d) Give it to Peg to raise.

13. Who leaves a large inheritance to Ulysses?
(a) Arturo.
(b) Darnley.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Massimo.

14. Why is Cress so late coming to Italy?
(a) He was watering his plants.
(b) He was drugging and packing the parrot.
(c) He was gathering his money.
(d) He was closing his house up.

15. Who makes new molds for Ulysses?
(a) Des.
(b) Henry.
(c) Giulia.
(d) Michele.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cress say Ulysses's father would do when faced with the Italian inheritance?

2. What does Col buy in Part I that people around him hate?

3. What does everyone call the car Ulysses drives?

4. Who is Peg's new boyfriend in Part II?

5. What holiday does Massimo invite Temps, Alys and Cress to visit for?

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