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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 does Giovanna do with the cake Costanza sends Nella?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Gives it to Vittoria.
(d) Gives it to Corrado.

2. What annoys Giovanna about Costanza when she visits her house for the first time in Posillipo?
(a) Her sweet attentions.
(b) Her arrogance.
(c) Her anger.
(d) Her clothes.

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

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

5. What is Giovanna's last name?
(a) Trattoria.
(b) Benzi.
(c) Laghori.
(d) Trada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word do Corrado and Giovanna laugh over repeatedly when he comes to visit her alone in Part III?

2. Why does Giuliana want Angela and Giovanna to meet Roberto?

3. When does Ida tell Giovanna she sometimes looks ugly?

4. What does Giovanna notice about her grandmother in one of the pictures Nella shows her in Part III?

5. Why does Giuliana tell Giovanna she has trouble with Angela sometimes?

(see the answer key)

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