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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Freda especially love the hand-shaking ritual?
(a) She wants a promotion.
(b) She loves to flirt.
(c) She can see Vittorio.
(d) She likes to learn Italian phrases.

2. How many people have gathered in the street?
(a) Most of the city.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Just a few.
(d) A huge crowd.

3. Why had Brenda's husband sometimes awakened her in the night?
(a) To look at the moon through a telescope.
(b) To talk to him.
(c) To feed the baby.
(d) To bring her out of a bad dream.

4. Whose fortune does Maria read in tea leaves?
(a) Brenda's.
(b) Lucia's.
(c) Freda's.
(d) Maria's.

5. What are Freda and Brenda looking at when the story begins?
(a) A TV show.
(b) A St. Patrick's Day parade.
(c) A funeral procession.
(d) A soccer game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the Italian men working at the factory?

2. Whose funeral does Rossi think Brenda had been to?

3. How old was Freda when her mother died?

4. Which of the men is infatuated by Brenda?

5. Who is the owner of the wine factory?

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