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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adolescence: 49-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lila not attend tutoring sessions in Childhood: Chapter 15?
(a) Her parents refuse to pay for them.
(b) She does not want to attend them.
(c) Her family is moving.
(d) She has flunked out of school.

2. How is Stefano Carracci's new car described in Adolescence: Chapter 36?
(a) It is a blue Fiat 1100.
(b) It is a yellow station wagon.
(c) It is a red convertable sports car.
(d) It is a black Rolls Royce.

3. Who offers Elena a ride home from school in Adolescence: Chapter 8?
(a) Maestra Oliviero.
(b) Don Achille Carracci.
(c) Fernando Cerullo.
(d) The Solara brothers.

4. Where does Elena live in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) Naples.
(b) London.
(c) Turin.
(d) Paris.

5. What word from Adolescence: Chapter 39 means to mark the beginning or first public use of an organization or project?
(a) Concentrate.
(b) Delegate.
(c) Inaugurate.
(d) Inarticulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car do the Solara brothers drive?

2. What internal conflict does Lila express to Elena in her letter in Adolescence: Chapter 34?

3. What is the name of Lila's father?

4. The Prologue of My Brilliant Friend takes place how many years after the beginning of Elena's narrative?

5. What is the strange phenomena that Lila describes in the beginning of Adolescence: Chapter 1?

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