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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 does Col buy in Part I that people around him hate?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A new house.
(c) A tractor.
(d) An ambulance.

2. Who is Col's estranged wife?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Helen.
(c) Peg.
(d) Riki.

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

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

5. What does Peg ask Ulysses to do in Part I for her?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Move to Italy with her.
(c) Write a book for her.
(d) Cook for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ulysses's wife?

2. Why is Cress so late coming to Italy?

3. What do Cress and Ulysses help Col do in Part II that is risky?

4. What does Temps have that the neighbors are jealous of?

5. Who helps Col supposedly find the man who got Ginny pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

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

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

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

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

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

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