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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to visit Evelyn unannounced in Part I?
(a) Alys.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Peg.
(d) Ulysses.

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

3. Who does Cress place his bet with?
(a) Richard.
(b) Victor.
(c) Tubby.
(d) Henry.

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

5. 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.

6. What does Cress say Ulysses's father would do when faced with the Italian inheritance?
(a) Give it away.
(b) Go and take it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Give it to Cress.

7. What does Ulysses say on a postcard to Peg in Part II?
(a) The door is now shut.
(b) Remember us?
(c) We miss you!
(d) Come here!

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

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

10. Why is Alys mad at Peg?
(a) Peg moved to Spain.
(b) Peg told her she did not love her.
(c) Peg gave her away.
(d) Peg died.

11. What is the parrot's name?
(a) Rich.
(b) Henry.
(c) Donald.
(d) Claude.

12. What is Ulysses's nickname in the army?
(a) Temps.
(b) Uly.
(c) Rempy.
(d) Time.

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

14. What holiday does Massimo invite Temps, Alys and Cress to visit for?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Ferragosto.
(d) Halloween.

15. What does Temps have that the neighbors are jealous of?
(a) A stove.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) A phone.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the pub Ulysses often works at?

2. Where is the captain killed?

3. Who does Alys say was Ginny's boyfriend?

4. Who does Ulysses save in Italy?

5. Who does Peg fall in love with when Ulysses is at war?

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