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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Donna's last name?
(a) Malvolio.
(b) Malvolio-Pommodori.
(c) Carla.
(d) Duchess.

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

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

8. Where is Charlie headed when the story begins?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

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

10. When does the Duke return to Rome?
(a) When he remarries.
(b) When his parents welcome his back.
(c) When his parents die.
(d) When his new love dies.

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

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

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. Who does the son consult about his mother's phobia?
(a) The family doctor.
(b) His boss.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invents Olga?

2. Who does the Duke fall in love with?

3. What happens when Gee Gee gets drunk?

4. What kind of political views does Mr. Seton have?

5. Why does the Seton Family travel to Florence?

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