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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Adolescence: Chapter 22 means extremely poor or povery-stricken?
(a) Penurious.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Impetus.
(d) Scrupulous.

2. What internal conflict does Lila express to Elena in her letter in Adolescence: Chapter 34?
(a) She does not want to marry Marcello.
(b) She wants to go to America.
(c) She does not want to marry Stefano.
(d) She wants to marry Pasquale.

3. Where does Elena go to spend the summer with her teacher's relative in Adolescence: Chapter 27?
(a) Turin.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Ischia.

4. For what action does Nino express resentment toward his father in Adolescence: Chapter 32?
(a) For seducing Melina.
(b) For raping Elena.
(c) For leaving his mother.
(d) For disinheriting him.

5. Whom does Elena run into in the hallway after her argument with a teacher in Adolescence: Chapter 53?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Elisa.
(c) Ada.
(d) Nino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stefano buy from Fernando in Adolescence: Chapter 37?

2. What does Rino show his father on a feast day in Adolescence: Chapter 23?

3. Whom does Elena see that causes her feelings of horror in Adolescence: Chapter 41?

4. How does Nino respond when he reads what Elena has written in Adolescence: Chapter 54?

5. What have Lila and Rino created in Adolescence: Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elena respond to the engagement of Lila? Why?

2. How is Lila's character impacted by the conflicts with her family regarding Marcello in Adolescence: Chapters 25-30?

3. What significant plot points emerge in Adolescence: Chapters 25-30?

4. How has the relationship between Elena and Lila evolved in Adolescence: Chapters 49-54?

5. What irony can be seen in the dependence of the shoe store's success on the Solaras?

6. What is foreseen of Lila's marriage as the plans the wedding preparations in Adolescence: Chapters 49-54?

7. How does Lila respond to the rumors that have been spread about her in Adolescence: Chapters 43-48?

8. What is significant about Lila's action of having Elena's glasses repaired by Stefano in the novel?

9. What occurrences take place in Ishia that Elena never reveals to Lila?

10. How does Elena describe her rivalry with Lila in Adolescence: Chapter 43?

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