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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freda invite Maria to do?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Go out to dinner.
(c) Come over for tea.
(d) Come over to play cards.

2. Why does Maria worry about Freda when she returns to work?
(a) She can't stop crying.
(b) She is coughing really bad.
(c) She is very solemn.
(d) She has a bad rash on her arm.

3. Where are Freda and Brenda located as the story begins?
(a) A cafe.
(b) The library.
(c) Their apartment.
(d) Church.

4. What does Brenda give to her mother-in-law, claiming that the photos are inside?
(a) A paper bag.
(b) A shoebox.
(c) A book.
(d) An album.

5. What has Freda planned for the factory employees?
(a) An outing in the country.
(b) A labor union.
(c) A Christmas party.
(d) Healthcare benefits.

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

7. How do Brenda and Freda get to work?
(a) Take a bus.
(b) Take the subway.
(c) Drive.
(d) Walk.

8. What does Freda tell Rossi?
(a) Give Brenda a raise.
(b) Stay away from Brenda.
(c) Give Brenda a vacation.
(d) Give Brenda better hours.

9. Which of the men is infatuated by Brenda?
(a) Rossi.
(b) Luigi.
(c) Marco.
(d) Vittorio.

10. How can Brenda be characterized?
(a) Boisterous.
(b) Easily embarrassed.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Aggressive.

11. Who has unexpectedly arrived to see Brenda?
(a) Her former boyfriend.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother-in-law.
(d) Her old boss.

12. How does Freda feel walking with Brenda?
(a) Happy.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Proud.
(d) Annoyed.

13. How did Freda and Brenda know the woman who died?
(a) They worked with her.
(b) They did not know her.
(c) They knew her from the old neighborhood.
(d) They knew her from school.

14. Where did Freda and Brenda meet?
(a) A butcher shop.
(b) A night class.
(c) A beauty salon.
(d) A cafe.

15. Freda threatens to tell ______________ about Rossi's inappropriate advances toward Brenda.
(a) Vittorio.
(b) Mr. Paganotti.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distresses Brenda about her life?

2. Why is there an air of excitement in the wine factory?

3. To what type of man had Brenda been married?

4. What does Freda find outside the apartment?

5. Who is the owner of the wine factory?

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