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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer does Michele especially like?
(a) Liszt.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Brahms.
(d) Chopin.

2. When Michele nearly catches her with the diary, what does Valeria say she was writing?
(a) A note to Clara.
(b) A business letter for the office.
(c) A birthday card to a relative.
(d) The shopping accounts.

3. What dried fruit does Valeria serve on Christmas Eve?
(a) Apples.
(b) Prunes.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Apricots.

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. How had Riccardo earned money the previous year?
(a) A job at the university.
(b) Working at the bank with Michele.
(c) Selling cigarettes.
(d) Tutoring elementary school students.

6. What does Michele call Valeria?
(a) Mamma.
(b) Valeria.
(c) Bebe.
(d) Honey.

7. Along with the red coat and tartan skirt, what does Valeria buy for Mirella?
(a) A red purse.
(b) A pair of socks.
(c) A bottle of perfume.
(d) A watch.

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

9. What is Mirella's new purse made of?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Pigskin.
(c) Calfskin.
(d) Suede.

10. What does Valeria realize when she is reading her old letters to Michele?
(a) She had been greedy.
(b) He used to be kinder.
(c) He does not know her at all.
(d) She no longer loves him.

11. Why can Riccardo not go the Christmas Eve dance?
(a) Valeria forbids it.
(b) He has sprained his ankle.
(c) He has no shoes for the occasion.
(d) Michele's tuxedo does not fit him anymore.

12. What did Mirella stop believing in before Riccardo?
(a) Justice.
(b) The Easter Bunny.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The Befana.

13. What did Valeria's mother used to say about Michele, when they were engaged?
(a) That he seemed untrustworthy.
(b) That he needed a better job.
(c) That he had the head of a poet or hero.
(d) That he was handsome but foolish.

14. What did the man who watched Valeria entering her work say to himself?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Charming.
(d) Enchanting.

15. How old is Valeria?
(a) 41.
(b) 37.
(c) 43.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the slip Valeria buys for herself?

2. According to Riccardo, what is Sandro's reputation?

3. What does Michele offer Valeria when she looks pale?

4. When Mirella arrives home late in Cantoni's car, where had she said she was going?

5. Where did Valeria once go on vacation?

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