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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mirella sometimes wear at home in the winter?
(a) Ski pants.
(b) A coat.
(c) A cloak.
(d) A wool scarf.

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

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

5. What does Valeria look at on the fashion magazine covers?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Hats.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Clara Poletti become since her divorce?

2. What does Valeria plan to open on Christmas Eve?

3. What is the color of the slip Valeria buys for herself?

4. What does Valeria's father do that annoys her mother?

5. Until she started working, what would Valeria do with her old school friends occasionally?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where would Michele like to go? Where would Valeria like to go?

2. How does Valeria react when the man watches her entering her office?

3. What does Valeria do every year in early December?

4. In Valeria's opinion, why does Michele support Riccardo in his plan to go to Argentina?

5. How does Valeria's family react when she says she might keep a diary?

6. What does Valeria remember telling the children during the war?

7. What does Valeria think would happen if she let her family know that she had taken a quick nap or gone for a walk?

8. How does Valeria react when kissed or complimented in front of the children? How do her children react?

9. What happens when Valeria first gets home with the notebook?

10. What does Valeria buy for Mirella and Riccardo with Christmas Eve in mind?

(see the answer keys)

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