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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who repeatedly asks that Lila be sent to school in Childhood: Chapter 15?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Rino.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) Elisa.
2. What is Lila's age in the contemporary timeline in Chapter 3?
(a) 72.
(b) 39.
(c) 59.
(d) 66.
3. What is the strange phenomena that Lila describes in the beginning of Adolescence: Chapter 1?
(a) "Fade out."
(b) "Evolving margins."
(c) "Dissolving margins."
(d) "Experience theory."
4. What does Elena describe Enzo doing in Childhood: Chapter 3?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Proposing to Lila.
(c) Robbing a bank.
(d) Throwing rocks at her and Lila.
5. How much money does Gino say the other boys bet him that Elena's breasts were padded in Adolescence: Chapter 3?
(a) 15 lire.
(b) 10 lire.
(c) 20 lire.
(d) 5 lire.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much older is Lila's brother Rino than her?
2. Elena's mother tells her teacher that she does not want to pay for extra tutoring for Elena so that she can pass what exam in Childhood: Chapter 13?
3. Who wrote the novel Little Women?
4. What item of jewelry belonging to Elena is damaged in Adolescence: Chapter 13?
5. In Adolescence: Chapter 15, Elena is fuming because Lila has begun studying what language?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Lila's sense of competition illustrated in Adolescence: Chapters 13-18?
2. What romantic gestures are seen in Lila and Elena's narratives in Childhood: Chapter 11?
3. How does Lila's behavior toward Elena change once Lila is no longer in school?
4. What is discovered when Lila's mother is called to school in Childhood: Chapter 6? Why is this significant?
5. How does Lila's character perceive wealth in the narrative?
6. What exposition does the author reveal in the Prologue and Chapters 1-3?
7. How does Lila respond to jealousies over Elena in Adolescence: Chapters 3 and 4?
8. What role does Don Achille play in the plot of My Brilliant Friend?
9. What new characters are introduced in Adolescence: Chapters 7 and 8? How are they described?
10. What is significant about Lila's inability to continue in school past elementary school in the narrative?
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