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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is devastated when Olga moves?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) Their children.
(d) The neighbors.

2. In "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," who is Charlie Flint?
(a) The main character's boss.
(b) The main character's brother.
(c) The main character's husband.
(d) The main character's cousin.

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

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

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

6. In "Reunion," why does the son meet his other party in Grand Central Station?
(a) He wants to be in public.
(b) He likes the noise of the trains.
(c) He wants a large crowd.
(d) He has to catch a train.

7. Who breaks his leg in "The Scarlet Moving Van?"
(a) Gee Gee.
(b) Gee Gee's son.
(c) Peaches' father.
(d) Mr. Folkestone.

8. In "The Angel of the Bridge," what is the mother afraid of in the story about her and her son?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Kids.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

9. What kind of political views does Mr. Seton have?
(a) None.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Sometimes liberal, sometimes conservative.
(d) Conservative.

10. In "The Angel of the Bridge," what is the narrator's brother afraid of?
(a) Mice.
(b) Escalators.
(c) Cats.
(d) Elevators.

11. How long have Charlie and his wife been married?
(a) They are not married.
(b) 50 years
(c) 15 years.
(d) Five years.

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

13. What happened to the lower half of Donna's father's body?
(a) Two sprained ankles.
(b) Broken legs.
(c) Broken toes.
(d) One sprained ankle.

14. What are Gee Gee's feelings about his behavior?
(a) He is never apologetic.
(b) He pretends he did nothing wrong.
(c) He always apologizes.
(d) He doesn't realize what he's done.

15. What happens when the Seton family is in Florence?
(a) People miss them.
(b) People talk about how much they like them.
(c) People speculate about them and their unusual ways.
(d) People rob their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Duke return to Rome?

2. Why does Charlie decide to go home?

3. In "The Angel of the Bridge," what is the man embarrassed by?

4. Who tells the son to leave his mother alone in "Angel of the Bridge"?

5. Who starts drinking more than usual toward the end of the story in "The Scarlet Moving Van"?

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