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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
2. What does Eda's father do for a living?
3. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
4. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
5. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?
2. What does the narrative imply happens between Alan and Eda on the night before the story ends, and what is Alan's reaction to it in the morning?
3. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?
4. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?
5. What do Frank and Brenda fight about when it is time for her to leave Italy, and how does Alan become involved in the argument?
6. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?
7. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?
8. When the second part of the story opens, where are Alan and Frank, and who is with them?
9. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?
10. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes a claim about the purpose of including Alan in the story--why not just make the story about Frank, and leave Alan out entirely? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of references to religion in "American Express." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the medical imagery in "American Express." Be sure to defend your assertions with quoted textual evidence.
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