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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 else does Giovanna discover has torturous thoughts about the bracelet in Part III?
(a) Angela.
(b) Margherita.
(c) Her mother Nella.
(d) Ida.

2. What paper does Andrea begin to write frequently for?
(a) El Posto.
(b) Romano.
(c) The Daily Besto.
(d) Unita.

3. What does Giovanna tell Andrea about her opinion on the Gospels?
(a) She does not like the story.
(b) She thinks they are too simplistic.
(c) She thinks they are too dense.
(d) She thinks they are too long.

4. What is Giovanna afraid she might let slip to her father about her true feelings on the Gospels?
(a) That she is gay.
(b) That she does not actually believe in God.
(c) That she may want to be a nun.
(d) That God the father was even worse than he is as a father.

5. What does Giovanna impulsively tell her father she wants to read?
(a) The Gospels.
(b) The Canterbury Tales.
(c) The Italian Series.
(d) The Gone With the Wind Series.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrea tell Giovanna is important if she wants to be baptized?

2. What does Andrea tell Giovanna about how Mariano supposedly treated Costanza?

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

4. Why does Giovanna get in trouble in school in Part IV?

5. What does Corrado bring to Giovanna from Vittoria?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Giovanna think about Andrea's handling of her school principal?

2. How does Andrea react to the knowledge that Giovanna is friends with Roberto Matese?

3. What does Giovanna say to Don Giacomo in Part IV that he does not hear because she says it too softly?

4. Why does Costanza give Giovanna her bracelet?

5. Why is Vittoria proud of Giovanna in Part IV?

6. What does Mariano do to Giovanna when they meet for the first time again in Part IV that disgusts Giovanna?

7. In Part III, what does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida about her love life?

8. Why does Nella tell Giovanna she finds she can not hate Andrea?

9. Why does Giovanna hurt Silvestro in Part IV?

10. What misgivings does Giovanna have about Giuliana's relationship with Roberto?

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