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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Valeria realize is the justification people around her constantly make for their actions?
(a) Economic.
(b) Political.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Moral.

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

4. What kind of car does Sandro Cantoni drive?
(a) Alfa Romeo.
(b) Fiat.
(c) Osca.
(d) Lancia.

5. How much of a raise will Michele be getting?
(a) 18,000 lire a month.
(b) 8,000 lire a month.
(c) 80,000 lire a year.
(d) 800 lire a week.

6. What does Riccardo say that Marina enjoys?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Studying.
(c) Staying at home with her father.
(d) Going to the movies.

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

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

9. What city does Mirella repeatedly mention while on the phone with Sandro?
(a) Venice.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Buenos Aires.

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

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

12. How old is Mirella turning?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Valeria and Michele go on their honeymoon?

2. What does Valeria look at on the fashion magazine covers?

3. What is the name of the lawyer who Mirella will work for?

4. What did the man who watched Valeria entering her work say to himself?

5. What did Valeria's mother used to say about Michele, when they were engaged?

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