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

2. What does Evelyn say she remembers a former lover once giving her?
(a) A glass of wine.
(b) A violet.
(c) A petticoat.
(d) A hat.

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

4. What does Ginny do with her baby?
(a) Raise it.
(b) Give it to Peg to raise.
(c) Give it to her neighbors to raise.
(d) Give it up for adoption to people she does not know.

5. Who plays the piano at the pub?
(a) Pete.
(b) Richard.
(c) John.
(d) Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulysses often send Peg?

2. Who is Temps's new neighbor?

3. What does Peg ask Ulysses to do in Part I for her?

4. Who does Ulysses want to come to Italy with him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What event changes the course of Ulysses's life in Part II?

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

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

9. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

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

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