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

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

3. What does Pete warn Temps about in Florence in his letter?
(a) The bankers.
(b) The August heat.
(c) The lawyers.
(d) The floods.

4. How do Col and Pete get to Italy together?
(a) Ferry and hitchiking.
(b) Train.
(c) Ambulance and ferry.
(d) Plane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the restaurant nearby to Temps's new house?

2. Who is Ulysses's wife?

3. What does Peg say about Ulysses's looks when she sees him in Part II?

4. What does Ulysses do after the captain is killed?

5. Why is Cress so late coming to Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what does Col do when he finds out Ginny is pregnant?

2. Who are some of Ulysses's first visitors in Italy?

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

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

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

6. What does Peg do in Part II that everyone around her objects to?

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

8. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

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

10. How does Cress make his money?

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