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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Valeria once go on vacation?

2. What does Mirella want her parents to buy her with their Christmas bonus money?

3. When Michele nearly catches her with the diary, what does Valeria say she was writing?

4. What was Valeria's father's job?

5. When Mirella tells Valeria that she has only one thing on her side in getting married, what is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrative point of view of Forbidden Notebook?

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

3. When Valeria had trouble with Michele early in her marriage, what would her mother do?

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

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

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

7. What is Michele's father like? How does he behave on Mirella's birthday?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do finances play in the characters' relationships? Choose one relationship to focus on and examine the impact of money on that relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two different settings within the novel. Compare them and their impact on Valeria, her thoughts, and her feelings.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the figure of the mother-in-law in the novel. How is this figure depicted in Valeria's memories of her own mother-in-law and in her relationship with Marina?

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