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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michele reproach Valeria for after Clara leaves their home?
(a) Telling Clara about his film script.
(b) Asking Clara personal questions.
(c) Talking about their difficult financial situation.
(d) Making an unsatisfying dessert.

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

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

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

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

6. Until she started working, what would Valeria do with her old school friends occasionally?
(a) Have lunch in town.
(b) Sit in the palazzi.
(c) Play cards in the afternoon.
(d) Sewing.

7. What does Valeria buy on the way to the tobacco shop?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Milk.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Flour.

8. Where does Valeria hide the notebook when she first brings it home?
(a) With the linens.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the ragbag.
(d) In the desk drawer.

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

10. What does Valeria plan to open on Christmas Eve?
(a) Cava.
(b) Spumante.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Prosecco.

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

12. What was Valeria's father's job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Banker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Accountant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where will Mirella be working?

3. When Michele nearly catches her with the diary, what does Valeria say she was writing?

4. Why does Valeria's mother say she does not like armchairs?

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

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