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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. What is brought up to the office while Valeria and the director are working alone?

2. What kind of car does Sandro Cantoni drive?

3. What did Valeria and Michele tell the children not to tell anyone about during the war?

4. What does Valeria realize when she is reading her old letters to Michele?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Valeria called by the other characters?

2. What does Valeria buy for Mirella and Riccardo with Christmas Eve in mind?

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

4. Where would Michele like to go? Where would Valeria like to go?

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

6. When Valeria phone's Giovanna, trying to find Mirella, what does Giovanna's mother tell her?

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

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

9. What does Valeria remember doing at Mirella's age?

10. How does Valeria react when kissed or complimented in front of the children? How do her children react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of sacrifice in the novel. Select three different characters and explain how their experiences express this theme.

Essay Topic 2

What does Clara's way of life represent to Valeria? What does Valeria's represent to Clara?

Essay Topic 3

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

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