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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Riccardo's grandfather urge him to do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Move to Argentina.
(c) Wait until he has a good job before getting married.
(d) Get married and have a son.

2. What had Michele planned to do instead of remaining at the bank?
(a) Work in sales.
(b) Enter politics.
(c) Earn a teaching degree and teach or write.
(d) Become a lawyer.

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

4. How does Giacinta get extra money from her husband?
(a) She sells the jewelry he gives her.
(b) She sneaks it out of his wallet.
(c) She lies about school expenses.
(d) She gets money for the electrical bill every month, even though it is supposed to be bi-monthly.

5. What symptom is accepted as the sign of true illness in the family?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) A cough.
(d) Fever.

6. When Riccardo was a child, what did he want to be when he grew up?
(a) A mechanic or tram driver.
(b) An actor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A banker or businessman.

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

8. What does Valeria think is the weakness of wealthy people?
(a) Their constant hunger.
(b) Their immorality.
(c) Their fear of losing their money.
(d) Their greed.

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

10. What does Sandro give Mirella for her birthday?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A ring.
(c) A pigskin purse.
(d) A red coat.

11. 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.

12. According to Riccardo, what is Sandro's reputation?
(a) A respectable person.
(b) A spoiled aristocrat.
(c) A known womanizer.
(d) An ambitious young man.

13. Where was Michele when he wrote letters to Valeria during their engagement?
(a) Turkey.
(b) France.
(c) Africa.
(d) Tuscany.

14. When Mirella tells Valeria that she has only one thing on her side in getting married, what is it?
(a) Youth.
(b) Clothes.
(c) A father with a political position.
(d) A respected name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a raise will Michele be getting?

2. What is brought up to the office while Valeria and the director are working alone?

3. Where does Valeria hide the notebook when she first brings it home?

4. What vegetable does Valeria talk about with her mother?

5. What was Valeria's father's job?

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