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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanna do with the cake Costanza sends Nella?

2. What does Giovanna's desk mate tell her Silvestro said about her?

3. What does Giovanna confess to Don Giacomo but says too softly for him to hear?

4. What does Giovanna think she can do, if not honor her mother and father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Vittoria tell Giovanna she should come to hear speak in her church in Part III?

2. How does Giovanna feel about Roberto after she hears him speak in Part III?

3. Why does Giovanna hurt Silvestro in Part IV?

4. How does Corrado behave towards Giovanna when he picks her up with his friend Corrado?

5. How does Nella seem to feel about Andrea after he leaves her and Giovanna?

6. What does Corrado tell Giovanna about Rosario's feelings for her that shocks her in Part IV?

7. Why does Giovanna think Andrea disappears from her life the first time in Part III?

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

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

10. What anguishes Nella about Giovanna's bracelet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the most significant differences Giovanna notices between the way Vittoria lives, works, and speaks and the way her father, Vittoria's brother, lives, works, and speaks? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Costanza try to endear herself to Giovanna after Andrea begins living with her? How does Giovanna respond to her entreaties? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Giovanna's impulsive decision to tell Vittoria about observing a possibly flirtatious moment between her mother and Mariano bring about in terms of plot action in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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