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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. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?
(a) Alan.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Frank.
(d) Nan.

2. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?
(a) Wine.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Books.
(d) A painting.

3. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Tour leader.
(c) Police.
(d) Taxi driver.

4. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?
(a) Brenda is no longer interested in her children--they are part of a past she wants to leave behind.
(b) Brenda was just using the discussion of her children to introduce her real objective.
(c) Brenda has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.
(d) Brenda is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?

2. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?

3. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?

4. What is implied by the detail of the woman "dressed for dinner" getting out of a taxi in the morning outside Alan and Frank's hotel (39)?

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

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