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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 238).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Corrado and Rosario do to try to get Giovanna to go with them after she sees Vittoria in Part III?
(a) Promise to buy her roses.
(b) Promise to buy her drinks.
(c) Drive alongside the bus she is on and implore her to get off.
(d) Throw rocks at her window.

2. What street do Angela and Ida live on?
(a) Via Cardona.
(b) Via Nelladona.
(c) La Strada Flagella.
(d) Via Cimarosa.

3. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna love is like on the phone in Part IV?
(a) Opaque, like the glass in the bathroom window.
(b) Light, like the snow.
(c) Sweet, like the roses.
(d) Transparent, like the air.

4. Where does Corrado want to go walking with Giovanna in Part IV?
(a) The Costanto.
(b) The Via Della Corsico.
(c) The Via Della Romero.
(d) The Floridiana.

5. What does Giovanna call Vittoria to ask her about in the very end of Part IV?
(a) Her books she let Vittoria borrow.
(b) Her bracelet.
(c) Her father's big secret that Vittoria always alluded to but never revealed.
(d) Her grandmother's big secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of Giovanna's uncles say to her about her father Andrea?

2. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna in the cemetery about her and Enzo that transfixes Giovanna?

3. Who else does Giovanna discover has torturous thoughts about the bracelet in Part III?

4. What does Giovanna realize that her father Andrea is very attached to in Part II?

5. Why does Giovanna think Vittoria is pleased with her in Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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