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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 Romy think is cute that Alys does not agree with?
(a) Ryan.
(b) Michael.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Chad.

2. Who comes to stay with Ulysses for a while during and after the flood?
(a) Massimo.
(b) Contessa.
(c) Giulia.
(d) Helen.

3. Who is one of Evelyn's most affectionate students in Part III?
(a) E.M. Forster.
(b) Gem Gunnerslake.
(c) Richard Evans.
(d) Henry Right.

4. What does Cress fix for Michele?
(a) The record player.
(b) The piano.
(c) The harp.
(d) The juke box.

5. Who tells Cress to tell the officer the reason he is speeding?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Alys.
(c) Col
(d) Claude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Evelyn run into with her old friend that she would rather have avoided in Part III?

2. What alerts Evelyn to the fact that Darnley is dead?

3. Who comforts Pete and Alys the day Bobby Kennedy is killed?

4. Why does Evelyn cancel her 1955 trip to Florence?

5. Who is Dotty's new partner in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ulysses do during the flood?

3. Who does Evelyn briefly meet in Florence?

4. What does Jem give to Evelyn in Part III that has great significance to her?

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

6. Why does Peg come to see Cress in Part IV?

7. What happens in Florence in Part IV that changes life there forever?

8. Where does Alys go the year she turns 17?

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

10. Who does Alys end up meeting by chance in the train station in Florence who is connected to Evelyn?

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