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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Fear on the Footpath", where is Binda trying to go?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vendetta's camp.

3. In "Going to Headquarters", where does the story take place?
(a) An abandoned church.
(b) An army camp.
(c) Venice.
(d) The woods.

4. In "Mine Field", who walks through the mine field?
(a) The old man.
(b) No one.
(c) The young man and the old man.
(d) The young man.

5. In "Animal Woods", who is given a baby chick?
(a) The soldier.
(b) The widow.
(c) Giua.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lazy Sons", who asks Pietro and Andrea to work?

2. In "Man in the Wasteland", what are the father and son hunting?

3. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy first shoot?

4. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", what is the goatherds name?

5. In "Man in the Wasteland", who ruins the hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some examples of the sons' laziness in "Lazy Sons".

2. In "A Goatherd at Luncheon", how does the narrator perceive the Goatherd?

3. In "Big Fish, Little Fish", how do Zefferino and Signorina De Magistris' outlooks on life differ?

4. Describe the narrator in "The House of the Beehives".

5. Describe Zefferino of "Big Fish, Little Fish".

6. In "Man in the Wasteland", what does Baciccin complain about?

7. Describe Binda of "Fear on the Footpath".

8. In "Lazy Sons", what is the family dynamic?

9. In "Fear on the Footpath", what does Binda think he sees?

10. What is the family dynamic portrayed in "A Goatherd at Luncheon"?

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