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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Childhood: 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bar is described in Childhood: Chapter 18 that houses drunken riots and gambling?
(a) The Bar Greco.
(b) The Bar Solara.
(c) The Bar Sarratore.
(d) The Bar Cerullo.

2. The Prologue of My Brilliant Friend takes place how many years after the beginning of Elena's narrative?
(a) 60 years later.
(b) 30 years later.
(c) 10 years later.
(d) 5 years later.

3. What kind of apprenticeship does Elena describe Donato Sarratore finding for Melina Cappuccio's son in Childhood: Chapter 5?
(a) An apprentice as a baker.
(b) An apprentice as a teacher.
(c) An apprentice as a newspaper editor.
(d) An apprenticeship as a rail worker.

4. What business does the Cerullo family run in the narrative?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A wine store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Lila teach herself to read and write?

2. What is Enzo's father's profession?

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

4. Elena's mother tells her teacher that she does not want to pay for extra tutoring for Elena so that she can pass what exam in Childhood: Chapter 13?

5. How much older is Lila's brother Rino than her?

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