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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adolescence: 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elena live in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Naples.
(d) Turin.

2. Where is Elena from?
(a) Naples.
(b) Turin.
(c) Florence.
(d) Sicily.

3. Who is the neighborhood don that heads the neighborhood where Lila and Elena grow up?
(a) Alfonso Carracci.
(b) Stefano Carracci.
(c) Fernando Cerullo.
(d) Don Achille Carracci.

4. What holiday are Lila and Elena celebrating during their conversation in the beginning of Adolescence: Chapter 1?
(a) Christimas Eve.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Easter.
(d) New Year's Eve.

5. Why are Elena and Lila going into Don Achille's apartment building in Childhood: Chapter 10?
(a) To bring him bread.
(b) To ask for money.
(c) To visit his daughter.
(d) To retrieve their dolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Gino say the other boys bet him that Elena's breasts were padded in Adolescence: Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of Elena's youngest sibling?

3. The Prologue of My Brilliant Friend takes place how many years after the beginning of Elena's narrative?

4. What year does the narrative begin in Childhood: Chapter 1?

5. What is Gino's father's profession?

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