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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 is Charlie running away from?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) His boss.
(c) Marcie.
(d) His girlfriend.

2. Who tells the son to leave his mother alone in "Angel of the Bridge"?
(a) The boss.
(b) The brother.
(c) The cousin.
(d) The doctor.

3. In "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," who is Charlie Flint?
(a) The main character's cousin.
(b) The main character's brother.
(c) The main character's husband.
(d) The main character's boss.

4. Who are the Folkstones?
(a) Peaches's boss.
(b) Peaches's relatives.
(c) Peaches's and Gee Gee's neighbors.
(d) Gee Gee's family.

5. Who starts drinking more than usual toward the end of the story in "The Scarlet Moving Van"?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Gee Gee.
(c) Mr. Folkestone.
(d) Mrs. Folkestone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Setons think of Italy?

2. In "The Scarlet Moving Van" at the second dinner party, who says he has to "teach them?"

3. Who has an affair in "The Chimera?"

4. What does the narrator of "Angel of the Bridge" discover he is afraid of?

5. Where is Charlie headed when the story begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Richard described in "The Lowboy?"

2. How does Cheever feel about Marlon Brando?

3. How does Mr. Seton act ashamed of his profession?

4. Why does Charlie decide to return home?

5. How does the husband in "The Chimera" feel after Olga leaves?

6. What is Marcie's reaction to dealing with Charlie's departure?

7. Why does Charlie run away from Marcie and his children?

8. Although the mother in the "The Angel and the Bridge" is spry and lively, what faults does she have?

9. Describe Gee Gee's behavior when he is sober?

10. How does the Assunta respond to the old woman in "Montraldo"?

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