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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horrible accident did Donna's father have?
(a) Fell off a horse.
(b) Sparing accident.
(c) Ate bad food.
(d) Fell off a roof.

2. Where is Charlie when the story begins?
(a) On a boat.
(b) On a plane.
(c) In a car.
(d) On a train.

3. Who is Gee-Gee?
(a) Peaches's daughter.
(b) Peaches significant other.
(c) Peaches's son.
(d) Peaches's sister.

4. Who starts drinking more than usual toward the end of the story in "The Scarlet Moving Van"?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Mr. Folkestone.
(c) Mrs. Folkestone.
(d) Gee Gee.

5. What is Mr. Seton afraid to tell his neighbors?
(a) What he does for a living.
(b) How old his wife is.
(c) That he's moving.
(d) How old he is.

6. What does Peaches do after Gee Gee gets drunk?
(a) Yells at him.
(b) Apologizes.
(c) Cries.
(d) Runs away.

7. Why does Charlie decide to go home?
(a) To see his kids.
(b) To get his stuff.
(c) To comfort his wife.
(d) To get his money.

8. What does Donna Carla think of being a commoner?
(a) She likes it.
(b) She remarries so she doesn't have to be a commoner.
(c) She hates it.
(d) She finds a way to become a royal again.

9. In "The Scarlet Moving Van" at the second dinner party, who says he has to "teach them?"
(a) The Setons.
(b) The Folkestones.
(c) Gee Gee.
(d) Peaches.

10. What happens when the Duke decides to marry his new love?
(a) His family disowns him.
(b) They are forbidden to enter Rome.
(c) They build a new castle.
(d) They are given a party.

11. What is the name of the story about inheritance?
(a) "The Tower of Babel."
(b) "The Scarlet Moving Van."
(c) "The Seton Family."
(d) "The Lowboy."

12. How does Mr. Seton view the life of a poet?
(a) Better than a songwriter.
(b) Better than a painter.
(c) Better than a banker.
(d) Better than a television writer.

13. What is the narrator in the story about inheritance?
(a) One of two brothers in the story.
(b) A father.
(c) An outside person.
(d) A cousin.

14. What do people think of the sitcom in the story about the Seton family?
(a) They hate it.
(b) They hate it in Italy, love it in America.
(c) They love it.
(d) They hate it in America, but hate it in Italy.

15. What happens when Gee Gee gets drunk?
(a) He starts to cry.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He is thrown out.
(d) He tells Peaches he wants a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the son in "Reunion" going after his first destination?

2. What happened to the lower half of Donna's father's body?

3. What is the name of the place where Charlie is when the story begins?

4. How does the Duke's family consider his new love?

5. Who takes over the accounts when Donna Carla's father dies?

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