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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 Valeria's mother's attitude toward the director?
(a) She wishes Valeria had married him.
(b) She respects him.
(c) She does not trust him.
(d) She envies him.

2. Whose large picture is on Valeria's bedroom wall?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Mirella.
(c) Valeria and Michele.
(d) The pope.

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

4. What is Valeria's mother always working on?
(a) Sweaters for the children.
(b) The garden.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) Cooking.

5. What does Clara offer Valeria after lunch?
(a) Marital advice.
(b) A glass of wine.
(c) American cigarettes.
(d) Chocolates from a box.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Riccardo says he has heard Valeria walking around late at night and asks what she has been doing, what is her excuse?

2. What does Mirella say about money?

3. Where did Michele's brother die?

4. Why does Valeria conclude that she cannot do anything for Riccardo?

5. What did Valeria study?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Clara say about working women?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Guido and Valeria's walk to San Carlo church.

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

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

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