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

2. What pub does Ulysses often work at?
(a) The Ryan.
(b) The Palatial.
(c) The Stoat.
(d) The King's Head.

3. How much money does Cress win?
(a) One hundred thousand pounds.
(b) No one really knows exactly.
(c) One million pounds.
(d) Eight hundred thousand pounds.

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

5. Who runs the pub Ulysses often works at?
(a) Col.
(b) Tubby.
(c) Pete.
(d) Kelvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree does Cress particularly love?

2. Who learns Italian the most quickly in Part II?

3. What holiday does the old gang all gather for in Part II?

4. Who does Cress place his bet with?

5. Who helps Ulysses get set up in the town in Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What extraordinary act does Ulysses perform off-duty in Italy in Part I?

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

3. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with Captain Darnley?

4. Why does Tubby "help" Col figure out who the father of Ginny's baby is?

5. Who does Ulysses want to come with him to Italy, and who actually comes?

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

7. What kind of relationship do Peg and Ginny have?

8. Why does Ulysses feel he will not die in the war?

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

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

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