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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Elena and Lila return home from their adventure to seek the sea in Childhood: Chapter 16?
(a) Because they are caught in a rainstorm.
(b) Because they are chased by dogs.
(c) Because they witness a fight.
(d) Because they miss their parents.

2. What is the title of the book that Lila writes in Childhood: Chapter 15?
(a) The Summer Day.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Blue Fairy.
(d) The Winter's Solace.

3. Whose old carpenter shop has been transformed into a grocery in Adolescence: Chapter 7?
(a) The Olivieros' shop.
(b) The Cerullos' shop.
(c) The Pelusos' shop.
(d) The Carracis' shop.

4. How has Lila been injured in the beginning of Adolescence: Chapter 2?
(a) Her hand is broken.
(b) Her leg is broken.
(c) Her hip is broken.
(d) Her arm is broken.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose book of poetry has Melina just read in Adolescence: Chapter 10?

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

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

4. What bar is described in Childhood: Chapter 18 that houses drunken riots and gambling?

5. Who is Lila and Elena's teacher when they first meet?

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