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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. When does Ida tell Giovanna she sometimes looks ugly?
(a) When she is anxious.
(b) When she is happy.
(c) When she is sad.
(d) When she is sleeping.

2. Where does Vittoria take Giovanna and her friends in Part II?
(a) Church.
(b) Rome.
(c) The movies.
(d) The theater.

3. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna in the cemetery about her and Enzo that transfixes Giovanna?
(a) Graphic details about their sex life.
(b) That Enzo had said his ghost would come back to see Vittoria.
(c) That Enzo had left his house to her when he died.
(d) That Enzo had given her a beautiful diamond ring.

4. What does Nella do for work?
(a) Practice accounting.
(b) Teaching, writing and editing.
(c) Home decorating.
(d) Practice law.

5. What kind of car does Vittoria drive?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Fiat 500.
(c) A Puegot.
(d) A Honda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanna tell Vittoria about her mother's friendship with Costanza?

2. What is the nickname Vittoria uses for Corrado?

3. What does Andrea do for a living?

4. What nickname does Vittoria's family sometimes use for her?

5. What affectionate nickname does Vittoria have for Giovanna?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Giovanna's parents react when she says she wants to meet Vittoria?

2. Where does Giovanna go with Vittoria when Vittoria comes to her door in Part II?

3. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about herself and Enzo that enthralls Giovanna?

4. According to Vittoria, what happened between she and Andrea that began their big fight?

5. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about a gift she supposedly gave Giovanna when she was a baby?

6. What does Giovanna think of Mariano, her father's closest friend?

7. What does Giovanna overhear her father telling her mother about her two years before he leaves the family?

8. What does Vittoria implore Giovanna to do regarding her parents in Part II?

9. What does Giovanna realize her father Andrea is very attached to for the first time in Part II?

10. What kind of relationship does Vittoria have with Enzo's widow and children?

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