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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.
(b) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(c) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(d) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.

2. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Raise chickens.
(b) Restore furniture.
(c) Masonry.
(d) Sell cars.

3. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
(a) That he should have become a politician.
(b) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.
(c) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(d) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.

4. What reason does Eda give for refusing to go to Florence with Frank and Alan?
(a) She is not really interested in Frank.
(b) She does not know what she will tell her parents.
(c) She is afraid to leave town with strangers.
(d) She has exams at school on Monday.

5. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
(a) She is ashamed of her decision to see Frank.
(b) She is inexperienced and afraid.
(c) She is not used to air conditioning.
(d) She is in Frank's room against her will.

6. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(b) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(c) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(d) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.

7. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
(a) She has been coerced into sleeping with Alan.
(b) She has been abandoned in Spoleto.
(c) She has gone home to her parents.
(d) She has left Frank for Alan.

8. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?
(a) He offers her sweets.
(b) He asks her for directions.
(c) He picks up her fallen school books.
(d) He pretends to know her parents.

9. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?
(a) The behavior of the German hotel manager's girlfriend.
(b) The comments of the border guards as they cross into Como.
(c) The behavior of the Italian countesses in Venice.
(d) The comments of the employees at the coffee place in Como.

10. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Confused.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Nostalgic.

11. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?
(a) Renault.
(b) Rolls Royce.
(c) Bentley.
(d) Cadillac.

12. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?
(a) They are meant for adult women.
(b) They are meant for furnishing a home.
(c) They are meant for upper class women.
(d) They are meant for tourists.

13. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) A museum.
(b) The opera.
(c) A cabaret.
(d) The ballet.

14. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?
(a) Earnest.
(b) Banal.
(c) Playful.
(d) Condescending.

15. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?
(a) Eda is a beautiful girl.
(b) Frank's behavior is immoral.
(c) He would like to see Eda again.
(d) It will land them in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?

2. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?

3. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?

4. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?

5. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

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