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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mirella wear to Mass that she bought for herself?
(a) A rough straw hat.
(b) A purse.
(c) An elegant pair of gloves.
(d) A red scarf.

2. On what occasion does Guido walk Valeria to church?
(a) Ash Wednesday.
(b) Good Friday.
(c) Holy Thursday.
(d) Easter Sunday.

3. What does Valeria intend to borrow from Clara?
(a) A book.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) Some materials for Michele's writing.
(d) A hat.

4. What does Riccardo say at dinner that starts an argument with Mirella?
(a) Women should not work in offices.
(b) There can be no friendship between a man and a woman.
(c) Women should not go to the movies alone.
(d) Women cannot understand finances.

5. What does Mirella say she did with her diary?
(a) Hid it somewhere where Valeria would never find it.
(b) Took it to the office.
(c) Destroyed it.
(d) Gave it to Sabina to keep.

6. When Michele is looking pale and troubled, what does he want Valeria to do?
(a) Quit her job.
(b) Convince Riccardo to got to Argentina.
(c) Bring him a drink.
(d) Go see Clara for him.

7. On the day that convinces Valeria that the director loves her, what does he leave on her desk?
(a) A rose.
(b) A mimosa branch.
(c) A hawthorn branch.
(d) A tulip.

8. What is Riccardo's treatment of Marina like in front of Valeria?
(a) Anxious to please.
(b) Authoritarian and aggressive.
(c) Gentle and kind.
(d) Timid and quiet.

9. Who sees Valeria and Guido standing close together?
(a) Sandro.
(b) The waiter.
(c) Michele.
(d) The receptionist.

10. What causes Valeria to mutter "Thieves, murdering thieves" (123) to herself?
(a) Bertolotti, the estate manager.
(b) A business letter.
(c) Talk of another war.
(d) The director's check to his wife's furrier.

11. What is Clara helping the Cossatis with?
(a) Mirella's engagement.
(b) Michele's film script.
(c) Valeria's marriage.
(d) Valeria's plan to go to Venice with the director.

12. What is Valeria's mother's attitude toward the director?
(a) She envies him.
(b) She wishes Valeria had married him.
(c) She respects him.
(d) She does not trust him.

13. Where does Valeria's aunt live?
(a) Padua.
(b) Vicenza.
(c) Verona.
(d) Venice.

14. How does Marina regularly behave when she comes to the Cossatis' home?
(a) She follows Valeria around.
(b) She says very little.
(c) She is dismissive of everything she sees.
(d) She laughs at all of Michele's jokes.

15. What movie scene does Valeria react strongly to?
(a) A boy falling and hurting his knee.
(b) A couple kissing on a raft.
(c) A woman arguing with her employer.
(d) A married couple having a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Michele and the children do on Sundays?

2. What does Valeria rediscover in Michele's old letters?

3. What does Riccardo show Valeria when they are alone?

4. Where did Sandro first meet his wife?

5. After Easter, what new element does Valeria notice in her relationship with Guido?

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