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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. 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?
(a) A prologue.
(b) An index.
(c) An epilogue.
(d) Its own chapter.

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

3. When Gee Gee is given another chance, where are they invited?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) On a boat.
(d) A movie.

4. What gets the man through his fear one day when he meets a woman?
(a) Singing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Ignoring him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invents Olga?

2. What happens when the Seton family is in Florence?

3. What is the name of the story with Peaches?

4. What are Gee Gee's feelings about his behavior?

5. What does Gee Gee do at the second dinner party in "The Scarlet Moving Van?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marcie's reaction to dealing with Charlie's departure?

2. How does the husband in "The Chimera" feel after Olga leaves?

3. How does the son in the "Reunion" feel about seeing his father?

4. Why does Charlie decide to return home?

5. Why do Peaches and Gee Gee have to move once a year?

6. What is it about the elderly mother in the "The Angel and the Bridge" that irks her son?

7. What is Donna Carla's family history?

8. Whose inheritance is the subject of "The Lowboy" and why?

9. What does Donna Carla think of all of the rumors around her?

10. How does the Assunta respond to the old woman in "Montraldo"?

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