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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Donato Sarratore's wife?
(a) Raffaella.
(b) Lidia.
(c) Nunzia.
(d) Anna.

2. What is Lila's full name?
(a) Marilla Cerullo.
(b) Nunzia Cerullo.
(c) Raffaella Cerullo.
(d) Lidia Cerullo.

3. Who explains menstruation to Elena after she begins menstruating in Adolescence: Chapter 2?
(a) Maestra Oliviero.
(b) Carmela Paluso.
(c) Lidia.
(d) Nunzia Cerullo.

4. What does Lila ask Elena to do with the book she has written in Childhood: Chapter 15?
(a) She asks her to give it to her teacher.
(b) She asks her to send it to a publisher.
(c) She asks her to give it to her brother.
(d) She asks her to give it to her mother.

5. What advice does Elena give to Lila's son in Chapter 1?
(a) To come and stay with her.
(b) Not to look for his mother.
(c) To get a divorce.
(d) To get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of apprenticeship does Elena describe Donato Sarratore finding for Melina Cappuccio's son in Childhood: Chapter 5?

2. Why are Elena and Lila going into Don Achille's apartment building in Childhood: Chapter 10?

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

4. Who wrote the novel Little Women?

5. Why does Lila not attend tutoring sessions in Childhood: Chapter 15?

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