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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where will Mirella be working?
(a) A school.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A bank.
(d) A law office.

5. 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.

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

7. What does Valeria think has changed everything in relationships between men and women & parents and children?
(a) The economy.
(b) The new music.
(c) The possibility of not obeying.
(d) The collapse of religion.

8. What does Michele offer Valeria when she looks pale?
(a) A painkiller.
(b) Water.
(c) Cognac.
(d) A seat.

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

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

11. Who invites Riccardo and Mirella to a dance?
(a) The Cossatis.
(b) The Maldinis.
(c) Their school friends.
(d) The Caprellis.

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

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

14. 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) What's for dinner.
(c) Did Riccardo remember to pay his university fees.
(d) When will she be home.

15. Why does Clara phone the Cossatis on February 14th?
(a) She wants to talk to Michele about financing a film.
(b) She wants to offer Michele work as a screenwriter.
(c) She wants to invite Michele and Valeria to lunch.
(d) She wants marital advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do Valeria and her school friends sometimes speak together?

2. Where did Valeria once go on vacation?

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

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

5. What does Valeria realize when she is reading her old letters to Michele?

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