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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 does Valeria learn about Sandro from Guido?

2. What does Clara offer Valeria after lunch?

3. What does Valeria rediscover in Michele's old letters?

4. What is Clara helping the Cossatis with?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clara say about working women?

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

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

6. Why does Mirella say she would like to hear that Valeria enjoys her work?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the importance of clothing in the novel. Choose 1-3 examples and discuss their significance within the story.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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