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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mirella and Riccardo argue, why does Valeria want to hit Mirella?
(a) She agrees with Riccardo.
(b) She thinks that Mirella is stronger than Riccardo.
(c) Mirella insults her appearance.
(d) She is jealous of Mirella.

2. What smell does Guido bring into the office with him?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Rose.
(c) Onion.
(d) Rain.

3. What do Michele and Riccardo study together at night?
(a) Law.
(b) Film.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Spanish.

4. Why does Riccardo want to know about the family's monthly expenses?
(a) Marina has been asking him about the family.
(b) He wants to figure out if he can marry before going to Buenos Aires.
(c) He questions whether Valeria needs to be working.
(d) He wonders if they can be more efficient.

5. What did Valeria do that used to annoy the director?
(a) She dried his signature with a blotter.
(b) She was always late.
(c) She was slow to learn.
(d) She called him by his first name.

6. What is Valeria's mother's attitude toward the director?
(a) She wishes Valeria had married him.
(b) She envies him.
(c) She does not trust him.
(d) She respects him.

7. When the director calls the office, what is the reason he cannot come?
(a) He does not want to see Valeria.
(b) It is Saturday.
(c) He and his wife are entertaining guests.
(d) It is his son's birthday.

8. When Valeria talks to Mirella after Guido drives her home from the café, where is Sandro?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) At sea.
(c) In the air.
(d) Vienna.

9. What does Mirella show Valeria, when she calls her mother to her room?
(a) Her diary.
(b) The book she is studying.
(c) A letter from Sandro.
(d) An envelope of bills.

10. What does Mirella say about money?
(a) It's the only thing she cares about.
(b) It makes everything possible.
(c) Valeria needs to be smarter in handling it.
(d) The poor should never see it close up.

11. On what occasion does Guido walk Valeria to church?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Ash Wednesday.
(c) Easter Sunday.
(d) Holy Thursday.

12. What is Clara helping the Cossatis with?
(a) Mirella's engagement.
(b) Michele's film script.
(c) Valeria's marriage.
(d) Valeria's plan to go to Venice with the director.

13. Whose business card does the receptionist bring to Valeria?
(a) Sandro's.
(b) Clara's.
(c) Giovanni's.
(d) Michele's.

14. Why does Valeria conclude that she cannot do anything for Riccardo?
(a) He only wants to hear reassurance from Marina.
(b) He only trusts advice from men.
(c) Only those he's afraid of can reassure him.
(d) He wants to keep his distance from her.

15. What does Valeria remember seeing through the window bars at school?
(a) The boys playing soccer in the field.
(b) The fascists passing in their black shirts.
(c) An assault.
(d) A man being arrested for stealing a bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day when Valeria and Guido walk through the city together, what color are many women wearing?

2. When Valeria asks why Sandro has not introduced Mirella to his mother, what is Mirella's explanation?

3. How does Mirella feel when she hears her name at the law office?

4. When Michele is looking pale and troubled, what does he want Valeria to do?

5. What does Mirella tell Valeria she respects?

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