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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. How does Annabel feel about the baby?
(a) Annabel loves talking baby talk to him.
(b) Annabel doesn't have the patience to care for him day to day.
(c) Annabel doesn't want to fuss over him.
(d) Annabel thinks the baby is the only reality of her life.

2. On what exact days does Annabel expect a furniture delivery in her new place in Rome?
(a) Monday, Tuesday,Friday.
(b) Monday,Thursday, Friday.
(c) Tuesday, Wednesday,Friday.
(d) Monday,Wednesday,Friday.

3. How does Frederick feel about leaving Annabel?
(a) Frederick will stay because she is making so much money.
(b) Frederick thinks he might leave her eventually.
(c) Frederick will stay until he is making more money.
(d) Frederick will stay because of the baby.

4. When Annabel's door bell rings while she is sitting and waiting for the press, who comes in?
(a) Giorgio.
(b) A reporter.
(c) Francesca.
(d) Billy.

5. What does Annabel do to keep Frederick with her while she makes more films in Italy?
(a) Annabel asks Frederick's mother to care for the baby in Rome.
(b) Annabel finds a job for Billy in Rome.
(c) Annabel promises Frederick she will ask Luigi to get him an acting part in his next picture.
(d) Annabel promises Frederick she will move back to England in a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Annabel's thoughts while making her movies in Rome?

2. What are the headlines Annabel thinks of when she hears of Frederick's death?

3. What word is used to describe Annabel's eyes?

4. How does Annabel feel when the Press comes in?

5. What does Annabel find when she goes to check the baby during the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. The last guest to come to Annabel's flat was Dr.Tommasi. Why was he there and how did Annabel receive the news he came to deliver?

2. Dr.Tommasi brings Annabel to her flat where the press is waiting for her. She tells the doctor she needs a half hour to see her baby and then she wants to see the press, but she wants all her neighbors to be with her. Why is Annabel asking for her neighbors to be with her?

3. What was the difference between the way that Annabel and Frederick viewed acting?

4. The doctor gives Annabel two aspirins and a glass of warmed up wine. The leading neighbors of the palazzo, at the sight of the baby in Annabel's arms, get teary at the sight of Annabel's' tears. She is crying quite hard, when the child says something about how actresses can make themselves cry. What in the child's words brings back echoes of Frederick?

5. What was Annabel's next film after "The House on the Piazza," and how was it received by the public? Also, how did it impact on the Christopher's personal lives?

6. One afternoon as Annabel is waiting for Frederick, Billy O'Brien lets himself in with the key that Frederick had given to him. Billy is rude and arrogant and demands food, which Annabel prepares. Billy says that Frederick has threatened suicide and Annabel says he has done the same with her. Should they have taken his threats more seriously?

7. Annabel's film company was worried about the couple's divorcing at what could be the wrong time, such as the release of a new picture. How did Annabel decide to save her marriage?

8. Frederick was attracted to Francesca, Luigi's press secretary, but even though she shared the attraction, she was more concerned about her job. How did she continue to promote Annabel as part of a couple?

9. Frederick's longtime friend, Billy O'Brien, came in and out of their lives, usually needing a loan. How did Annabel ensure that Frederick would come to Rome with her?

10. After everyone left the party, the flat was in a terrible mess, and Billy asked Annabel if he wanted him to come around in the morning to help her and Frederick clean up the mess. Did that mean that Billy didn't know anything of Frederick's whereabouts?

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