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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 cooks curry for Col sometimes?
(a) Mrs. Kaur.
(b) Helen.
(c) Peg.
(d) Ginny.

2. What piece of work is Ulysses really proud of?
(a) A painting of Jesus.
(b) A 50-centimeter globe he has just made in Florence.
(c) A cabinet he has made.
(d) A novel he has written.

3. What alerts Evelyn to the fact that Darnley is dead?
(a) Ulysses's photos.
(b) Ulysses's silence when she asks him about him.
(c) Ulysses's anger.
(d) Ulysses's tears.

4. Where does Alys go in secret with Romy?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) A house Romy's family has the keys to but whose owners are away.

5. When does Alys come back to Florence for good?
(a) When she is 25.
(b) When she is 21.
(c) When she is 30.
(d) When she is 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Romy's father in Part III?

2. What does Dotty do in Florence that she thinks is good for her soul?

3. What does Cress say he feels like he was in a previous life?

4. What do Dotty and Evelyn eat on their trip to Florence together after the flood?

5. Who paid for Col's flight home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Evelyn finally find Ulysses?

2. What work does Ulysses set up shop doing in Italy?

3. What does Ulysses do during the flood?

4. Why does Evelyn propose going to Florence with Dotty in Part III?

5. How do Peg, Cress, Col, Pete, and Ulysses come into money again?

6. What does Alys turn out to be talented at?

7. What does Peg ask Ulysses in Part IV that indicates she still cares for him romantically?

8. What does Massimo eventually share about himself with Ulysses and Cress?

9. What is Alys's first romance like?

10. What gives Cress's life new vitality and meaning in Part III?

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