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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 does Valeria look at on the fashion magazine covers?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Hats.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Makeup.

2. What language do Valeria and her school friends sometimes speak together?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) French.

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

4. What did Valeria and Michele tell the children not to tell anyone about during the war?
(a) That they were spies.
(b) That they were smuggling liquor.
(c) That had hidden their money behind the chimney.
(d) That they had bought shoes on the black market.

5. What does Mirella say that Riccardo keeps in his locked drawer?
(a) His schoolwork.
(b) Letters from girls.
(c) His diary.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valeria buy for her husband and children to get them out of the home?

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

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

4. What has Clara Poletti become since her divorce?

5. What does Mirella want her parents to buy her with their Christmas bonus money?

(see the answer key)

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