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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, who does Elio consider writing about Oliver?

2. What does Elio do at the end of Part 1?

3. In Part 1, what drowns out the sound of a bird singing when Elio leaves the bartabaccheria?

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

5. In Part 2, after Oliver takes his first and only nap when he stays with Elio's family, how many years does he lose?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. How is the time that Elio spends with Marzia a substitute for spending time with Oliver on page 117?

7. In Part 2, after Oliver and Elio go to town together for the second time since he came, what happens at lunch?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Elio returns from Rome alone, he deals with the pain of losing Oliver. How does Elio deal with his pain? How successful are his efforts to deal with his pain?

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

Elio is intimate with both Marzia and Oliver. How are the relationships different? How are the same? How do the relationships affect Elio and the struggles he faces as he deals with his attraction to Oliver?

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