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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, what does Oliver not want to eat mornings until Mafalda persuades him?

2. In Part 1, what do Elio and Oscar get to drink at the bartabaccheria?

3. What type of cigarettes does Oliver smoke in Part 2?

4. In Part 2, on page 93, how long is dinner postponed when everyone waits for Oliver?

5. In Part 1, where does Oliver want to go when he and Elio bike to town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Oliver say that Anchise did for him in Part 2?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What is the first thing that Elio remembers about Oliver in Part 1?

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

10. In Part 2, when Oliver and Elio go to town for the second time during his visit, what does Elio do and see as he waits for Oliver to get some papers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

During the course of their relationship, Oliver and Elio call one another by each other’s name. What does it mean for them to call each other by the other’s name? What does it mean when Oliver no long calls Elio by his name by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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