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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Freda in love?

2. Who are Freda and Brenda?

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

4. What are Freda and Brenda looking at when the story begins?

5. Why has Brenda's mother-in-law come to see Brenda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show that the factory workers are very poor?

2. How does Brenda react when Patrick comes to the apartment?

3. Who is Maria and what is her attachment to Freda?

4. Describe Freda.

5. What are Freda and Brenda doing as the story opens?

6. What embarrassing habit does Brenda have that annoys Freda?

7. What are the circumstances surrounding the gunshot heard at the apartment?

8. With whom is Vittorio in love?

9. Describe Brenda.

10. What are Freda's dreams about a life with Vittorio and how is the outing her last hope to achieve them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Brenda, Vittorio, Rossi and Patrick. Be sure to incorporate the characters' emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Brenda and Freda. What are their roles within the story? Why is there a kinship between the two? Why is there some animosity between them as well? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

There is much symbolism in this story regarding the Queen's funeral horses. What do the horses symbolize for Freda? What do they mean for group at large? What does it mean that Vittorio seems happy to see Freda on one of the horses? Explain.

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