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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the coat that Valeria wears?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Valeria order at the café with Guido?
(a) Wine.
(b) Vermouth.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cognac.

3. What did Valeria do that used to annoy the director?
(a) She was slow to learn.
(b) She called him by his first name.
(c) She dried his signature with a blotter.
(d) She was always late.

4. Whose large picture is on Valeria's bedroom wall?
(a) Mirella.
(b) Valeria and Michele.
(c) Her mother-in-law.
(d) The pope.

5. Whose business card does the receptionist bring to Valeria?
(a) Michele's.
(b) Clara's.
(c) Giovanni's.
(d) Sandro's.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Valeria learn about Sandro from Guido?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He was moving away.
(c) He was getting engaged.
(d) He was married.

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

13. How does Clara describe Michele's script in talking to Valeria?
(a) Delightfully light in tone.
(b) Demonstrating enthusiasm but ultimately amateurish.
(c) Suggestive of a hidden well of anger.
(d) Dark in plot but containing wonderful ideas.

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

15. What do Michele and Riccardo study together at night?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Film.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sandro first meet his wife?

2. Who did Michele describe as a saint?

3. When Valeria asks why Sandro has not introduced Mirella to his mother, what is Mirella's explanation?

4. What does Mirella say about money?

5. What does Clara say to Valeria about happiness?

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