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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January 17 - February 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "single source of happiness" (26) which Valeria fears losing?
(a) Her friendships.
(b) The children.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Baking.

2. Who drove Valeria home during the war?
(a) Her father.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Michele.
(d) The director.

3. What does Valeria work on while her mother sews?
(a) She writes in her diary.
(b) She organizes her father's ties.
(c) She knits.
(d) She cleans in the kitchen.

4. What does Mirella want her parents to buy her with their Christmas bonus money?
(a) A coat.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A purse.
(d) Shoes.

5. How does Valeria feel at the office with the director?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Exhilarated.
(d) Unsettled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Valeria once go on vacation?

2. What kind of car does Sandro Cantoni drive?

3. When Michele nearly catches her with the diary, what does Valeria say she was writing?

4. Until she started working, what would Valeria do with her old school friends occasionally?

5. What does Michele call Valeria?

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