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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. What does Temps have that the neighbors are jealous of?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) A phone.
(c) A stove.
(d) A car.

2. Who does Ulysses want to come to Italy with him?
(a) Pete.
(b) Col.
(c) Peg and Alys and Cress.
(d) Ginny.

3. What does Col buy in Part I that people around him hate?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A new house.
(c) A tractor.
(d) An ambulance.

4. Why can Pete suddenly come to visit Italy from England in Part II?
(a) He has come into money.
(b) He is not sick any longer.
(c) His girlfriend broke up with him.
(d) Rosemary Clooney canceled.

5. Why is Alys mad at Peg?
(a) Peg died.
(b) Peg gave her away.
(c) Peg moved to Spain.
(d) Peg told her she did not love her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs the restaurant nearby to Temps's new house?

2. What is Ulysses's nickname in the army?

3. Who helps Col supposedly find the man who got Ginny pregnant?

4. What does Peg say about Ulysses's looks when she sees him in Part II?

5. What work of art does the captain show Evelyn and Ulysses that has been rescued?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ulysses want to come with him to Italy, and who actually comes?

2. What extraordinary act does Ulysses perform off-duty in Italy in Part I?

3. In Part I, what does Col do when he finds out Ginny is pregnant?

4. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with Captain Darnley?

5. Why is Ulysses sometimes resentful and angry towards Peg during his first years in Italy?

6. Why does Ulysses feel he will not die in the war?

7. What does Cress commune with that is unusual and quirky?

8. Who are some of Ulysses's first visitors in Italy?

9. How does Ulysses treat Alys when he comes home from the war?

10. What does Ulysses do when he gets home from the war?

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