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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, "For a Couple of Bucks".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Peter from originally?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Illinois.
(c) California.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. What difference does Massimo Donadon claim to have made in the rat poison market?
(a) His rat poison is based on what people like to eat.
(b) His rat poison is based on what rats like to eat.
(c) His rat poison kills rats instantly.
(d) His rat poison contains peanut butter.

3. Whose death did Daniel Curtis describe in his diary?
(a) Alfred Tennyson's.
(b) Henry James's.
(c) Claude Monet's.
(d) Robert Browning's.

4. What does Dr. Scattolin say will happen to the healthy pigeons?
(a) They will be castrated.
(b) They will be chloroformed.
(c) They will be taken to Rome.
(d) They will be released.

5. What rhythm does Count Marcello tell the narrator that Venice follows?
(a) The rhythm of the water.
(b) The rhythm of bella Italia.
(c) The rhythm of the wheel.
(d) The rhythm of Carnival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the glass historian Rosa Barovier tell the narrator about the Segusos?

2. What does Signor Seguso say his object is when he meets the narrator?

3. What do the men trying to net the pigeons scatter for them?

4. What does the narrator find at the Beinecke Library in New Haven that surprises him?

5. Who did the catering at the Palazzo Barbaro's private parties, according to Ralph?

(see the answer key)

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