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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 brother.
(b) She asks her to give it to her teacher.
(c) She asks her to send it to a publisher.
(d) She asks her to give it to her mother.

3. Who is Lila and Elena's teacher when they first meet?
(a) Maestra Oliviero.
(b) Carmela Paluso.
(c) Rino Cerullo.
(d) Alfonso Carracci.

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

5. What does Don Achille give to Lila and Elena in Childhood: Chapter 14?
(a) A Christmas card.
(b) Money.
(c) Dolls.
(d) A bag of apples.

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

7. Who is Melina's son that gets beaten up in Adolescence: Chapter 8?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Alberto.
(d) Rino.

8. What is Lila's age in the contemporary timeline in Chapter 3?
(a) 72.
(b) 66.
(c) 39.
(d) 59.

9. What does Nino say to Elena on their way to school in Childhood: Chapter 11?
(a) That his father kicked him out of his house.
(b) That he'd like to marry her someday.
(c) That he wants to ask Lila out.
(d) That he is getting married next week.

10. What subject does Lila offer to study with Elena in Adolescence: Chapter 6?
(a) Latin.
(b) History.
(c) Biology.
(d) Geology.

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

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

13. What is the name of Lila's son who has called Elena in the Prologue?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Rino.
(c) Stefano.
(d) Antonio.

14. What is the strange phenomena that Lila describes in the beginning of Adolescence: Chapter 1?
(a) "Dissolving margins."
(b) "Experience theory."
(c) "Fade out."
(d) "Evolving margins."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lila initially respond to Enzo's gift in Childhood: Chapter 12?

2. When was Little Women published?

3. How much older is Nino Sarratore than Lila and Elena?

4. What is Lila's full name?

5. What object does Lila say she wished she owned in Adolescence: Chapter 14?

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