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

2. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Hartford.

3. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Their questions about whether law is the right career.
(b) A championship game.
(c) Being students.
(d) Their fathers' high expectations.

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

5. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Art.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Jewelry and watches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?

2. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?

3. What does Frank offer Eda while they are in the car riding around Arezzo?

4. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?

5. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?

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