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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin tell Caroline is the only downside to his and Mary's visit to Venice?
(a) They keep getting lost.
(b) They cannot find a restaurant they enjoy eating at.
(c) They find the weather oppressive.
(d) They do not enjoy the hotel they are staying in.

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Mary and Colin's relationship?
(a) Polite
(b) Routine
(c) Passionate
(d) Silent

3. What causes Mary and Colin to begin telling Robert about themselves?
(a) Drinking wine
(b) The atmosphere in the bar
(c) Robert's prying questions
(d) Robert's warm demeanor

4. How does Robert react when he realizes Mary and Colin slept on the street the night before?
(a) He claims it was his fault.
(b) He encourages them to carry a map with them at all times.
(c) He laughs at their stupidity.
(d) He chastises them for their unsafe behavior.

5. What did Robert do that made his sisters hate him?
(a) He betrayed their trust to their father.
(b) He refused to put on makeup and his mother's clothes.
(c) He was the only boy in the family.
(d) He beat them with a leather belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mary and Colin not leave the cafe after the waiter shakes his head at their order?

2. What circumstance seems to set an ominous tone for the evening for Mary?

3. How does Mary respond at first to Colin's sexual advances?

4. What does the couple do each evening on the balcony of their hotel room?

5. Who is the only person who is kind to Robert after the incident in the study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about the bar does Caroline share with Mary? How does Mary react?

2. Describe Robert's first meeting with Caroline.

3. Why does Mary begin thinking of her children in this chapter? What does she wish she had done?

4. What are Mary and Colin looking for as they journey through the city? Why?

5. Describe the setting of the first chapter

6. What do Robert's sisters feed him one afternoon? Why?

7. What does Mary tell Colin she dreams about during their daily naps?

8. Describe the gallery in Robert and Caroline's apartment

9. What does Mary notice about Colin's body as he lays sleeping in Robert and Caroline's apartment?

10. Describe the display in the department store window that both Mary and Colin comment on.

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