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

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

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

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

5. When Riccardo says he has heard Valeria walking around late at night and asks what she has been doing, what is her excuse?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Finishing the ironing.
(c) Tidying the kitchen.
(d) Writing in her diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Easter, what new element does Valeria notice in her relationship with Guido?

2. What does Clara offer Valeria after lunch?

3. What does Valeria hug for comfort after Sandro leaves her office?

4. How does Marina regularly behave when she comes to the Cossatis' home?

5. What did Guido send Valeria the previous Easter?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the children's friends visit, how do they respond to Valeria?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Sandro say it is hard for Valeria to understand her daughter?

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

10. What does Valeria say when Michele expresses worry that the threat of war will make the movie producers afraid?

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