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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 type of cigarettes does Oliver smoke in Part 2?

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

3. How does Elio know Oliver's religion?

4. In Part 2, after Elio blends fruit in a blender, what is his mother doing?

5. In Part 2, who does Oliver say is said to have drowned near B.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Elio have fear in Part 1?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What spot does Elio show Oliver in Part 2 after he confesses his feelings to Oliver?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elio and his father have a very frank conversation after Elio returns from Rome. How would you describe the relationship that they two have? How is their relationship built upon trust and respect?

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 has feelings for Oliver, but finds it difficult to communicate with him. How do Elio’s emotions affect his ability to communicate? How do his emotions get in the way of what he wants to share with Oliver?

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