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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. What smell does Guido bring into the office with him?

2. Whose large picture is on Valeria's bedroom wall?

3. What does Valeria whisper to herself as she walks home after talking with the director?

4. Who sees Valeria and Guido standing close together?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara tell Valeria about Michele's film?

2. How does Michele reply when Valeria points out to him that Mirella still is not home?

3. Why does Valeria not like Marina?

4. What does Valeria remember happening one night when she sat up late with Mirella when she was little?

5. How does Valeria's mother behave at the Easter lunch?

6. What does Mirella say to Valeria about authority?

7. What does Valeria say when Michele expresses worry that the threat of war will make the movie producers afraid?

8. What does Clara say about working women?

9. When the children's friends visit, how do they respond to Valeria?

10. How has Michele's opinion of Clara changed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of Valeria's mother in the novel? Using specific examples from the text, show the author's intent behind this character.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the idea of friendship in the novel. What does the book teach its readers about friendship, its value, and its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

What is the message of the book's conclusion? What lesson or statement does it communicate?

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