View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Michele planned to do instead of remaining at the bank?
(a) Work in sales.
(b) Earn a teaching degree and teach or write.
(c) Become a lawyer.
(d) Enter politics.

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

3. What does Valeria realize when she is reading her old letters to Michele?
(a) She no longer loves him.
(b) She had been greedy.
(c) He does not know her at all.
(d) He used to be kinder.

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

5. What symptom is accepted as the sign of true illness in the family?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) A cough.
(c) Fever.
(d) Exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mirella stop believing in before Riccardo?

2. Who invites Riccardo and Mirella to a dance?

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

4. What does Sandro give Mirella for her birthday?

5. What does Valeria buy on the way to the tobacco shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Valeria called by the other characters?

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

4. Why would the notebook be taken from Valeria if the family found it?

5. What happens when Valeria sees a florist's delivery boy at the building's entrance?

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

7. What does Valeria remember doing at Mirella's age?

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

9. The year before, what joke had the family made about Riccardo in Michele's tuxedo?

10. How does Michele react when Valeria tries to talk to him about Mirella, saying that her questions are about a colleague's daughter?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 672 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample