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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 35 refers to agreeability or a likable nature in a person?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Congenial.

2. What does Lila do when Marcello comes to visit Rino in Adolescence: Chapter 27?
(a) She gives him a gift.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She hides.
(d) She calls her father.

3. Whom does Elena ask to walk with her to show she has a boyfriend in the end of Adolescence: Chapter 54?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Stefano.
(d) Marcello.

4. Who are the two men that Lila has received declarations of love from in Adolescence: Chapter 24?
(a) Pasquale and Marcello.
(b) Alberto and Fernando.
(c) Marcello and Michele.
(d) Stefano and Antonio.

5. Whom does Elena see that causes her feelings of horror in Adolescence: Chapter 41?
(a) Alfonso Carracci.
(b) Stefano Carracci.
(c) Donato Saratorre.
(d) Rino Cerullo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Adolescence: Chapter 22 means extremely poor or povery-stricken?

2. What does Elena feel is the only thing she has over Lila in Adolescence: Chapter 43?

3. What does Rino's father agree to do with the shoes Rino and Lila created in Adolescence: Chapter 28?

4. What word from Adolescence: Chapter 24 means lacking sympathy or compassion?

5. What is the name of Nino's sister that arrives at the summer house in Adolescence: Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in the end of Adolescence: Chapter 36? How does this foreshadowing develop tension in the narrative?

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

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

4. How does Lila and Rino's father respond to the shoes they have designed? What is significant about his reaction?

5. Why does Elena pursue Alfornso and Antonio in Adolescence: Chapters 43-48?

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

7. What do the actions of the Solara brothers reveal about their characters during the fireworks competition at the New Year's Eve party?

8. How would you describe the relationships in the Saratorre family, as seen in Adolescence: Chapters 31 and 32?

9. Who are Elena's romantic suitors after school begins in Adolescence: Chapter 41?

10. What is revealed to the reader through Donato's sexual assault of Elena?

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