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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Childhood: 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year does the narrative begin in Childhood: Chapter 1?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1969.

3. What is the name of Lila's older brother?
(a) Stefano Carracci.
(b) Don Achille Carracci.
(c) Fernando Cerullo.
(d) Rino Cerullo.

4. Who is Don Achille's oldest son?
(a) Fernando Cerullo.
(b) Rino Cerullo.
(c) Stefano Carracci.
(d) Alfonso Carracci.

5. At what age did Lila teach herself to read and write?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lila's age in the contemporary timeline in Chapter 3?

2. What is Donato Sarratore's profession?

3. What business does the Cerullo family run in the narrative?

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

5. Who is the neighborhood don that heads the neighborhood where Lila and Elena grow up?

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