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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Lila, Elena, and Carmela when a fight breaks out in Adolescence: Chapter 26?

2. Who are the two men that Lila has received declarations of love from in Adolescence: Chapter 24?

3. Where does Elena go to spend the summer with her teacher's relative in Adolescence: Chapter 27?

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

5. In what class does Elena argue with a teacher in Adolescence: Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about Elena's trip to Ishia for the summer in Adolescence: Chapter 30?

4. What is significant about the New Year's Eve party that is referenced throughout the narrative?

5. Why does Stefano win Lila's hand instead of Marcello?

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

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

8. What conflicts lead to the climax of the narrative plot in Adolescence: Chapters 55-60?

9. What occurs in Adolescence: Chapter 53 that gives Elena a feeling of purpose?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Lila and Elena in the novel. How are they alike? How do they differ? How do their differences influence the development of their friendship in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the shoes that Lila and Rino design and create. What do the shoes represent symbolically for these characters in the novel? What do they represent to Elena and to the other characters? What is the significance of the appearance of the shoes in the end of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the phenomena referred to by Lila as "dissolving margins." What mental and physical experience does Lila describe in these instances? What does the discussion of dissolving margins foreshadow in the novel?

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