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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. In Part 2, how does Oliver look at breakfast on page 99?

2. In Part 2, when Oliver plays poker, how often does he lose?

3. In Part 2, where do Elio and Oliver share their first kiss?

4. In Part 2, when Oliver is spending time with the family after his first and only nap, what does Anchise bring?

5. In Part 2, on page 99, what does Oliver say they can do that evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, how does Elio describe the flower shop in B.?

2. Why does Elio have fear in Part 1?

3. How does Elio feel when he sees Chiara with Oliver?

4. In Part 1, what does Elio remember about seeing Oliver for the first time?

5. Why does Mafalda often ask Oscar his opinion about cooking in Part 1?

6. In Part 2, as Oliver and Elio go to town together for the second time during Oliver's visit, what do they stop and look at?

7. How do the summer guests keep in touch after their summer is over?

8. What does Elio tell Oliver's pillow at the end of Part 1?

9. What are Elio's thoughts as he waits for Oliver by the war memorial in Part 2?

10. Why is Elio in agony in Part 2 when Oliver returns and says that Milani mixed up his pages and has to retype everything?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elio is very comfortable with the atmosphere at the bookstore during the poetry reading in Rome. How does the bookstore symbolize the way that Elio learns to connect his thoughts to the world and people around him?

Essay Topic 2

Parts 1-3 of the novel take place over a six-week time frame. Part 4 covers many years. How do the jumps in time impact the storyline? What do they reveal about characters?

Essay Topic 3

Elio has conflicted feelings after he and Oliver are intimate. How is Elio conflicted after he is intimate with Oliver? What are his primary feelings? How does he deal with those feelings?

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