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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. Who does Cress put an unlikely bet on?
(a) Jesse Owens.
(b) Frederick Hopper.
(c) Henry Flanders.
(d) Fanny Blankers-Koen.

2. Who is Temps's new neighbor?
(a) The contessa.
(b) Riki.
(c) Massimo.
(d) Rumi.

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

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

5. What do Cress and Ulysses help Col do in Part II that is risky?
(a) Bury a man.
(b) Buy drugs.
(c) Steal a car.
(d) Rob a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses often send Peg?

2. Why is Alys mad at Peg?

3. What is one thing the Captain teachers Ulysses about?

4. What kind of tree does Cress particularly love in Italy?

5. What does Evelyn say she remembers a former lover once giving her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Col seem to feel about the fact that Cress and Ulysses have moved to Italy?

2. How do Evelyn and Ulysses meet?

3. Who does Ulysses often think of during his first days in Italy and why?

4. What does Cress commune with that is unusual and quirky?

5. What do Evelyn and Ulysses bond over during their first meeting?

6. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with his wife Peg?

7. What does Ulysses do when he gets home from the war?

8. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

9. Why is Ulysses sometimes resentful and angry towards Peg during his first years in Italy?

10. Why is Cress late coming to catch the ferry to Italy with Ulysses?

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