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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 1 on a stormy afternoon, what does everyone do while the hail pelts the windows?

2. In Part 2, after giving a book to Oliver, what does Elio buy for them?

3. In Part 2, what book does Elio give to Oliver?

4. When was the only time that Oscar said that he did not exercise?

5. In Part 1, what does Oliver say to the person who drove with him to Elio's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, when Elio is the spot where he likes to read, what does he say about being wise?

2. What do Manfredi and Anchise discuss in Part 2?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. How is the room described where Elio spends the six weeks that the summer guests are at his home?

8. In Part 2, when Oliver returns from an all-nighter, what does Elio's father say about mistaken turns?

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

10. In Part 1, why do Elio's parents take in summer guests and what do the guests do in return?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is a coming of age story. How does Elio grow and mature in the novel? How do specific experiences help him mature?

Essay Topic 2

Elio takes Oliver to a place where Monet used to paint. What does the berm represent to Elio? What does the place represent in the budding relationship between Elio and Oliver?

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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