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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 Guido send Valeria the previous Easter?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A basket of roses.
(c) A card.
(d) A chocolate egg.

2. What does Valeria find when she searches Mirella's room?
(a) Nothing of importance.
(b) Mirella's diary.
(c) Letters from Sandro.
(d) A new dress.

3. What does Valeria say to herself when she does not phone Guido?
(a) "These drawers won't organize themselves" (145).
(b) "Crazy. I have a lot of ironing to do" (145).
(c) "Riccardo needs me" (145).
(d) "I'm an honest woman" (145).

4. What does Mirella say she did with her diary?
(a) Gave it to Sabina to keep.
(b) Hid it somewhere where Valeria would never find it.
(c) Destroyed it.
(d) Took it to the office.

5. Who sees Valeria and Guido standing close together?
(a) Sandro.
(b) The waiter.
(c) Michele.
(d) The receptionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Michele's brother die?

2. What does Valeria order at the café with Guido?

3. Whose large picture is on Valeria's bedroom wall?

4. What do Michele and Riccardo study together at night?

5. What does Mirella say about money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara say about working women?

2. How does Mirella respond when Valeria asks her to bring Riccardo his eggs?

3. What does Clara, who has always said she cannot live without love, now say about it?

4. How does Valeria feel in Guido's car?

5. In his letters from Africa, what plans did Michele propose?

6. What does Clara tell Valeria about Michele's film?

7. When does Valeria think her anxiety started? What does she attribute it to?

8. Why does Valeria not like Marina?

9. Why does Mirella say she would like to hear that Valeria enjoys her work?

10. What does Valeria remember happening one night when she sat up late with Mirella when she was little?

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