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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 26, 1950 - January 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vegetable does Valeria talk about with her mother?
(a) Green beans.
(b) Artichokes.
(c) Eggplants.
(d) Peppers.

2. When Michele calls Valeria at the office and she worries that he has found the notebook, what does he want to ask her?
(a) What's for dinner.
(b) Did Riccardo remember to pay his university fees.
(c) When will she be home.
(d) Where is his tuxedo.

3. What has Clara Poletti become since her divorce?
(a) A maid.
(b) A screenwriter.
(c) A painter.
(d) A secretary.

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

5. Until she started working, what would Valeria do with her old school friends occasionally?
(a) Have lunch in town.
(b) Play cards in the afternoon.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Sit in the palazzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mirella sometimes wear at home in the winter?

2. Why does Valeria's mother say she does not like armchairs?

3. What did Mirella stop believing in before Riccardo?

4. How does Mirella know that Valeria will go to Giuliana's even though she says she will not?

5. What does Mirella say that Riccardo keeps in his locked drawer?

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