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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 241 - 322).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanna impulsively tell her father she wants to read?
(a) The Gospels.
(b) The Italian Series.
(c) The Canterbury Tales.
(d) The Gone With the Wind Series.

2. What was the one thing Giovanna's parents agreed upon during their marital strife in Part III?
(a) Giovanna should start calling Mariano father.
(b) Giovanna should never see Vittoria again.
(c) Giovanna should never see Costanza again.
(d) Giovanna should not go to college.

3. What does Giovanna tell Roberto when he asks why she came back to Milan?
(a) She wants to have sex with him.
(b) She wants to prove to herself she is a good person.
(c) She wants to demonstrate her loyalty to Giuliana.
(d) She does not know anymore.

4. What does Don Giacomo tell Giovanna he feels when he runs into her by chance in Part IV?
(a) She looks to be in a dark mood.
(b) She will probably never have a good relationship with God.
(c) She has brightened his day and he is lucky he ran into her.
(d) She needs to be better to her sister.

5. Why does Giovanna briefly think her parents' break-up is her fault?
(a) Because she caused so much stress to her mother.
(b) Because she met Vittoria and that is what she thinks began all the trouble.
(c) Because she got bad grades and both her parents dislike her.
(d) Because she told her father her mother was having an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giovanna tell her mother she would rather be than intelligent?

2. How many children did Enzo have?

3. Who does Tonino slap across the face in Part V?

4. What is one thing that strikes Giovanna as odd about the fight she hears about that her father and Mariano have in Part II?

5. What is Giovanna's mother's name?

(see the answer key)

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