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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.
(b) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.
(c) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.
(d) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.

2. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
(a) Europe is a snobby and elitist place.
(b) Brenda, Frank, and Alan no longer enjoy each other's company.
(c) Europe is a boring place to visit.
(d) Brenda, Frank, and Alan are getting older.

3. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?
(a) Frank.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

4. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.
(b) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(c) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.
(d) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.

5. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A thirteen-year-old."
(b) "A dropped stone."
(c) "A huge dog."
(d) "A rocket to the moon."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?

2. Where is Alan's family from?

3. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

4. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

5. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?

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