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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanna hope in the days leading up to her first visit with Vittoria?
(a) Her father will apologize to her.
(b) The visit will be postponed.
(c) Her mother will offer to go with her.
(d) Her aunt will come to see her instead.

2. What is different about the way Vittoria usually speaks that Giovanna is not used to?
(a) She speaks in Spanish.
(b) She speaks in French.
(c) She speaks in dialect.
(d) She speaks in German.

3. Why does Giovanna briefly think her parents' break-up is her fault?
(a) Because she met Vittoria and that is what she thinks began all the trouble.
(b) Because she told her father her mother was having an affair.
(c) Because she got bad grades and both her parents dislike her.
(d) Because she caused so much stress to her mother.

4. Where does Vittoria tell Giovanna they have to go to visit Enzo?
(a) The museum.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The police station.
(d) The penitentiary.

5. What does Vittoria argue with the cemetery attendant about?
(a) The broken gate.
(b) The dirt on the path.
(c) The tipped-over tombstones.
(d) The uncut grass.

6. What does Andrea say to Giovanna at the end of Part II that devastates her?
(a) She is just like her mother.
(b) She should move out immediately.
(c) She is really like his sister Vittoria.
(d) She has ugly hair.

7. What affectionate nickname does Vittoria have for Giovanna?
(a) Gia.
(b) Nini.
(c) Gi.
(d) Gianni.

8. What piece of jewelry does Vittoria ask Giovanna about during their first visit?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A ring.
(c) Earrings.
(d) A bracelet.

9. When does Vittoria tell Nella she will bring Giovanna back from their trip in Part II?
(a) At seven p.m.
(b) When Giovanna is hungry.
(c) When Vittoria feels like it.
(d) When Giovanna is tired.

10. Where does Giovanna's family go on vacation with Angela's and Ida's family?
(a) Milan.
(b) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) Calabria.

11. What lie does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida for the first time in Part II?
(a) She has already had sex.
(b) Her grandmother used to make her hot chocolate.
(c) Her mother is actually a princess.
(d) Her aunt is kind and quiet.

12. Why do Giovanna's parents break up?
(a) Her father is having an affair with Costanza.
(b) They fight about money all the time.
(c) They fight about Giovanna all the time.
(d) Her mother is having an affair with a co-worker.

13. How many children did Enzo have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. What does Giovanna tell her mother she would rather be than intelligent?
(a) Angry.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Successful.

15. What area of the city does Andrea hate to drive in?
(a) The alleways.
(b) The museum road.
(c) The neighborhoods.
(d) The ring road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street do Angela and Ida live on?

2. What does Nella tell Giovanna when she says she wants to see Vittoria?

3. Who does Angela end up dating?

4. What habit does Vittoria engage in that Giovanna does not see most other people in her life doing?

5. What kind of car does Vittoria drive?

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