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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Lazy Sons", who helps the family with their business?
(a) Andrea.
(b) No one.
(c) Pietro.
(d) Pietro's girlfriend.

2. In "Lazy Sons", what business does the family own?
(a) A convenience store.
(b) A bank.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A farm.

3. In "One of the Three is Still Alive", who are the three people?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Goatherders.
(d) Priests.

4. In "The Crow Comes Last", what weapon does the soldier have?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) Grenades.

5. In "The House of the Beehives", what word best describes the narrator?
(a) Politician.
(b) Socialite.
(c) Humanitarian.
(d) Hermit.

6. In "Adam, One Afternoon", what is Maria-nunziata's profession?
(a) Grocery clerk.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Servant.
(d) Stay-at-home mom.

7. In "The Enchanted Garden", where does the story take place?
(a) A garden.
(b) The Alps.
(c) A school room.
(d) The children's house.

8. In "Lazy Sons", how old are Pietro and Andrea?
(a) Old women.
(b) Babies.
(c) Old men.
(d) Young adults.

9. In "The House of the Beehives", what "guards" the narrator's house?
(a) Bees.
(b) Bears.
(c) Bobcats.
(d) Wasps.

10. In "Mine Field", who are the characters?
(a) A young man and an old man.
(b) A young man and a young woman.
(c) Two old women.
(d) An old man and an old woman.

11. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", who are the better swimmers?
(a) The Dolori gang.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The Gucci gang.
(d) The Arenella gang.

12. In "Animal Woods", what is Giua Dei Fichi's most valuable possession?
(a) A cow.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A ring.
(d) A goat.

13. In "Lazy Sons", why is the family business failing?
(a) Bad recipes.
(b) Lack of workers.
(c) Bad location.
(d) The business doesn't really exist.

14. In "The Enchanted Garden", what do the children see in the house?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A man and a woman arguing.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A little boy.

15. In "Fear on the Footpath", what is Binda's occupation?
(a) General.
(b) Courier.
(c) Cook.
(d) Sniper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator hate?

2. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", where do Signorina De Magistris and Zeffirino keep the fish they have caught?

3. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", what does the little girl throw at one of the Dolori boys?

4. In "Going to Headquarters", who dies?

5. In "Animal Woods", who is given a baby chick?

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