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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 238).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rosa the son of?
(a) The lawyer Sargente.
(b) The criminal Bagliateli.
(c) The construction magnate Romano.
(d) The police inspector Nello.

2. Where does Giovanna tell Nella she is going with classmates when she really intends to go with Corrado and Rosario?
(a) Assisi.
(b) Calabria.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Caserta.

3. What is Giovanna afraid she might let slip to her father about her true feelings on the Gospels?
(a) That God the father was even worse than he is as a father.
(b) That she may want to be a nun.
(c) That she does not actually believe in God.
(d) That she is gay.

4. What does the priest Vittoria knows say about Roberto?
(a) He may be the Pope one day.
(b) He is an old scholar.
(c) He has the beauty and intelligence of those who have faith.
(d) He will be head priest one day.

5. What is one thing that strikes Giovanna as odd about the fight she hears about that her father and Mariano have in Part II?
(a) Andrea speaks in a dialect he almost never uses.
(b) Andrea accuses Mariano of stealing money.
(c) Andrea throws something and breaks it.
(d) Andrea jumps out of the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tonino and Angela often go for walks together?

2. What annoys Giovanna about Costanza when she visits her house for the first time in Posillipo?

3. Why is Ida sometimes aggressive towards Angela and Giovanna?

4. What does Giovanna tell Vittoria in Part II that she immediately regrets?

5. What does Giovanna think has happened to her regarding Roberto?

(see the answer key)

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