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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andy finds what he is looking for and is content until when?
(a) A salesman tells him his purchase is on sale.
(b) He gets in a long line behind the register.
(c) He sees the price tag.
(d) A salesman shows him some new underwear options.

2. Can the brevity of the chapter be seen as a literary form?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Slightly.
(d) Yes.

3. Andy is tired from the long flight and wishes that he could sleep in the lobby. Why?
(a) He is too tired to go to his room.
(b) The lobby of any hotel is always much nicer than the rooms.
(c) He does not want to have to get up.
(d) The lobby chairs are comfortable.

4. What could this chapter represent?
(a) Someone expressing his love for another.
(b) Someone meeting someone for the first time.
(c) Someone planning for wedding.
(d) Someone changing the topic of a conversation due to its uncomfortable nature.

5. Where would B prefer to shop?
(a) Macy's.
(b) Sears.
(c) Target.
(d) Bloomingdale's.

6. In what does Andy delight when walking around the store?
(a) Looking at people stare at him.
(b) Looking at the shoppers around him.
(c) Looking rich and buying things to store on his bedroom windowsill.
(d) Looking at all the beautiful things to buy.

7. Of how many sentences is this chapter comprised?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. What does Andy do before the big event that evening?
(a) He goes out to dinner.
(b) He goes grocery shopping.
(c) He works.
(d) He goes to his room to nap.

9. Why does Andy think B must feel at home in Italy?
(a) Because of B's dark complexion.
(b) Because of B's Italian descent.
(c) Because of B's interest in Italy.
(d) Because of B's ability to speak Italian.

10. With what is B obsessed?
(a) Asking Andy questions.
(b) Talking about herself.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Talking to Andy.

11. If you can't believe it's happening, what should you do?
(a) Complain about it.
(b) Talk about it.
(c) Pretend it is a movie.
(d) Forget about it.

12. What does B clean with a special cloth?
(a) Her violin.
(b) Her pencil jar.
(c) Her antiques.
(d) Her tables.

13. Andy awakens where?
(a) At the Grand Excelsior Principi di Savoia Hotel in Torino, Italy.
(b) At the Grand Excelsir Principi di Savoia Hotel in Rome, Italy.
(c) At the Grand Excelsir Principi di Savoia Hotel in Florence, Italy.
(d) At the Grand Excelsir Principi di Savoia Hotel in Venice, Italy.

14. What is significant about the abrupt style in a book filled with rambling statements?
(a) It shows how much more important this chapter is than the others.
(b) It is unnatural.
(c) It is less important than the rest of the book.
(d) It mimics the sometimes abrupt nature of death.

15. What do the two discuss?
(a) The many languages spoken in Europe and the possibility of the use of one currency.
(b) The wealth of Europe and the beautiful ruins.
(c) Intermarriage in Europe and the wars that have been waged against family members.
(d) The monarchies of Europe and the easy train transportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. B has a special obsession with garbage and cringes at the thought of what?

2. About what is this chapter?

3. While people are living their lives what can happen?

4. To Andy's way of thinking, people compartmentalize their thoughts into what?

5. Whose habits does Andy follow?

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