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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why has Brenda's mother-in-law come to see Brenda?
(a) To invite her to Christmas dinner.
(b) To get the childhood photos of her son.
(c) To make amends for a quarrel.
(d) To take her out for her birthday.

3. What do Freda and Brenda use between them to divide the bed?
(a) A stack of books.
(b) Filled laundry bags.
(c) Old newspapers.
(d) Stacks of wood.

4. What is unusual about the Italian men working at the factory?
(a) Only two of them speak English.
(b) They take naps at noon.
(c) They have wine in the morning.
(d) They go home for lunch.

5. Which of the following does Brenda NOT have in her life?
(a) A mother.
(b) A mother-in-law.
(c) A child.
(d) An estranged husband.

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

7. What s Freda's mood at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Apprehensive.
(b) Anticipatory.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Joyful.

8. With whom does Freda picture a life?
(a) Patrick.
(b) A handsome stranger.
(c) Vittorio.
(d) Rossi.

9. When is Brenda worried about Freda?
(a) When she won't get out of bed.
(b) When she is quiet.
(c) When she stays out all night.
(d) When she drinks too much.

10. Who is Brenda's mother-in-law?
(a) Mrs. Haddon.
(b) Mrs. Hanrahan.
(c) Mrs. Blevins.
(d) Mrs. Haddock.

11. What makes Freda almost giddy now?
(a) Getting her hair styled differently.
(b) Buying new jewelry.
(c) Picturing the life she and Vittorio will live.
(d) Wearing the new dress she found.

12. Which of the following does Freda NOT picture when she dreams of a life with Vittorio?
(a) Wonderful vacations.
(b) Living a glamorous life.
(c) A house and white picket fence.
(d) Raising children.

13. Where does Rossi regularly summon Brenda?
(a) The storage room.
(b) The warehouse.
(c) The cellar.
(d) His office.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Mr. Paganotti's employees love him?

3. Why does Rossi give Freda and Brenda the rest of the day off?

4. What does Brenda think of Freda's hand-shaking ritual?

5. What does Rossi give Brenda to drink?

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