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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 is Riccardo's treatment of Marina like in front of Valeria?
(a) Anxious to please.
(b) Authoritarian and aggressive.
(c) Gentle and kind.
(d) Timid and quiet.

2. What does Valeria learn about Sandro from Guido?
(a) He was married.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He was getting engaged.
(d) He was moving away.

3. What food does Valeria remember from Riccardo's younger years?
(a) Dried apricots.
(b) Her mother-in-law's tortellini.
(c) Risotto and sautéed beef.
(d) Desserts made from vegetable flour.

4. What is the color of the coat that Valeria wears?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

5. What does Valeria intend to borrow from Clara?
(a) A hat.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A book.
(d) Some materials for Michele's writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sandro tell Valeria that he possesses?

2. What does Valeria whisper to herself as she walks home after talking with the director?

3. What does the director say when he hears Valeria had thought of coming to the office on Saturday but did not want to disturb him?

4. What did Valeria do that used to annoy the director?

5. What does Valeria's mother blame her family's misfortunes on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Guido tell Valeria he has been afraid of?

2. How does Valeria's mother behave at the Easter lunch?

3. How does Michele reply when Valeria points out to him that Mirella still is not home?

4. Why, thinks Valeria, can Michele not really see her anymore?

5. How has Michele's opinion of Clara changed?

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

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

8. What is the film about, that Michele and Valeria see together?

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

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

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