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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 order at the café with Guido?

2. What does Mirella show Valeria, when she calls her mother to her room?

3. Who did Michele describe as a saint?

4. What does Valeria find when she searches Mirella's room?

5. When Mirella and Riccardo argue, why does Valeria want to hit Mirella?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What personal checks does the director ask Valeria to deal with, and how does she react?

6. Why does Valeria not like Marina?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the message of the book's conclusion? What lesson or statement does it communicate?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolic value of food in the novel? What does it represent? Focus on 1-3 examples to explore in detail.

Essay Topic 3

Other than the notebook, what do you think is the defining symbol of the novel? Use textual evidence to discuss and support your choice.

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