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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. In Part 1 on a stormy afternoon, what does everyone do while the hail pelts the windows?

2. In Part 2, on page 93, how long is dinner postponed when everyone waits for Oliver?

3. In Part 1, how often do Chiara and her sister want Oliver to eat dinner with them?

4. In Part 2, after going to the berm where Elio reads, what illness or injury does he have at lunch?

5. How does Elio know Oliver's religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing that Elio remembers about Oliver in Part 1?

2. Why does Mafalda often ask Oscar his opinion about cooking in Part 1?

3. In Part 2, when Elio is the spot where he likes to read, what does he say about being wise?

4. In Part 1, why do Elio's parents take in summer guests and what do the guests do in return?

5. Why is Elio in agony in Part 2 when Oliver returns and says that Milani mixed up his pages and has to retype everything?

6. In Part 2, when Oliver returns from an all-nighter, what does Elio's father say about mistaken turns?

7. In Part 2, as Oliver and Elio go to town together for the second time during Oliver's visit, what do they stop and look at?

8. How is the room described where Elio spends the six weeks that the summer guests are at his home?

9. How does Elio feel when he sees Chiara with Oliver?

10. How is the time that Elio spends with Marzia a substitute for spending time with Oliver on page 117?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elio takes Oliver to a place where Monet used to paint. What does the berm represent to Elio? What does the place represent in the budding relationship between Elio and Oliver?

Essay Topic 2

Elio is intimate with both Marzia and Oliver. How are the relationships different? How are the same? How do the relationships affect Elio and the struggles he faces as he deals with his attraction to Oliver?

Essay Topic 3

Elio has conflicted feelings after he and Oliver are intimate. How is Elio conflicted after he is intimate with Oliver? What are his primary feelings? How does he deal with those feelings?

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