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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 does Lila experience during the fight in the end of Adolescence: Chapter 22?

2. Whom does Elena run into in the hallway after her argument with a teacher in Adolescence: Chapter 53?

3. Whom does Elena ask to walk with her to show she has a boyfriend in the end of Adolescence: Chapter 54?

4. Who has presumably trashed Marcello's car and beaten him up in Adolescence: Chapter 47?

5. What has Elena been given at the end of the school year in Adolescence: Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the neighborhood youths feel about the engagement of Stefano and Lila in Adolescence: Chapters 43-48?

2. What occurs in Adolescence: Chapter 53 that gives Elena a feeling of purpose?

3. What is significant about the New Year's Eve party that is referenced throughout the narrative?

4. What is significant about Lila's action of having Elena's glasses repaired by Stefano in the novel?

5. What is foreshadowed in the end of Adolescence: Chapter 36? How does this foreshadowing develop tension in the narrative?

6. What is revealed to the reader through Donato's sexual assault of Elena?

7. What irony can be seen in the dependence of the shoe store's success on the Solaras?

8. What do the actions of the Solara brothers reveal about their characters during the fireworks competition at the New Year's Eve party?

9. How does Elena describe her rivalry with Lila in Adolescence: Chapter 43?

10. What causes Elena depression and dissatisfaction in Adolescence: Chapters 25-30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the story of Donato Sarratore and Melina Cappuccio. What happened between these characters? How did the encounter between them influence their lives and reputations in the neighborhood?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's allusions to the novel Little Women in My Brilliant Friend. What impact does this novel have on Lila and Elena? How does it influence their actions? What are common themes between Little Women and My Brilliant Friend?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Lila's behavior in school when she is young. Why do you think that Lila acts out in class? How does the teacher respond to Lila's behavior? What is discovered about Lila's abilities?

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