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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Charlie is when the story begins?
(a) Boeing 770.
(b) SS Plano.
(c) SS Augustus.
(d) Honda.

2. What does Gee Gee do at the second dinner party in "The Scarlet Moving Van?"
(a) Throws food.
(b) Stands up on the table.
(c) Yells.
(d) Crys.

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

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

5. What does the narrator of "Angel of the Bridge" discover he is afraid of?
(a) Bridges.
(b) Bosses.
(c) Elevators.
(d) Benches.

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

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

8. What has the son in "Reunion" went through three years ago?
(a) His parent's divorce.
(b) The death of his mother.
(c) An illness.
(d) The death of his wife.

9. What is Charlie running away from?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) His boss.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) Marcie.

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

11. What do the Setons think of Italy?
(a) They liked it for a little while, but then grew sick of it.
(b) They hated it.
(c) They enjoy it.
(d) They have no feelings about it.

12. What do the neighbors think Mr. Seton is?
(a) A banker.
(b) A songwriter.
(c) A painter.
(d) A poet.

13. 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."

14. Who tells Charlie she wants a divorce?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) Marcie.
(c) Mary.
(d) His girlfriend.

15. Who are Donna's parents?
(a) An Italian duke and duchess.
(b) A prince and princess.
(c) A lord and lady.
(d) A king and queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Charlie and his wife been married?

2. A list of short descriptions of people or things that will not or have not appeared in the Cheever appears in the book in what form?

3. What did the wife want to do with her life in "The Chimera?"

4. In "The Angel of the Bridge," what is the mother afraid of in the story about her and her son?

5. What happens when the son is fearful?

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