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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nella tell Giovanna about Vittoria's impact on hers and Andrea's relationships with the rest of Andrea's family?
(a) Vittoria helped them make amends with one sister of Andrea's.
(b) Vittoria facilitated their relationship with the entire rest of the family.
(c) Vittoria ruined their relationship with the entire rest of the family.
(d) Vittoria ruined their relationship only with one brother of Andrea's.

2. How does Giovanna describe her father Andrea's physical appearance?
(a) He is a small thin man.
(b) He is extremely tall.
(c) He is extremely short.
(d) He is quite overweight.

3. What does Giovanna begin wearing that belongs to her mother in Part I?
(a) Pearl earrings.
(b) A gold necklace.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A silver bracelet.

4. Who was Vittoria's lover that she tells Giovanna about?
(a) Sidney.
(b) Enzo.
(c) Michaela.
(d) Antonio

5. Who is Enzo's daughter that Giovanna meets in Part II?
(a) Rosetta.
(b) Carmella.
(c) Guiliana.
(d) Edwina.

6. What does Vittoria compliment Costanza on?
(a) Her accent.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her bracelet.

7. What does one of Giovanna's uncles say to her about her father Andrea?
(a) He would like to make amends with her father.
(b) Luckily she has nothing of her father in her.
(c) Her father would have to ask the rest of the family for forgiveness if he ever wanted to have a relationship with them again.
(d) Her father could not help being the bad person he was.

8. What street do Angela and Ida live on?
(a) Via Cimarosa.
(b) Via Nelladona.
(c) La Strada Flagella.
(d) Via Cardona.

9. What area of the city does Andrea hate to drive in?
(a) The neighborhoods.
(b) The museum road.
(c) The ring road.
(d) The alleways.

10. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about her grandmother's funeral?
(a) Her grandmother planned her whole funeral herself before she died.
(b) Andrea, Giovanna's father, did not attend.
(c) There was no funeral for her grandmother.
(d) All the nuns in Rome showed up at her grandmother's funeral.

11. What does Giovanna think of Costanza's appearance in general?
(a) She looks older than her age.
(b) She looks younger than her age.
(c) She looks disheveled.
(d) She always looks perfect.

12. Why do Giovanna's parents break up?
(a) Her father is having an affair with Costanza.
(b) They fight about money all the time.
(c) They fight about Giovanna all the time.
(d) Her mother is having an affair with a co-worker.

13. What annoys Vittoria about her very first interaction with Giovanna?
(a) Giovanna does not like Vittoria's music.
(b) Giovanna yells Vittoria's name.
(c) Giovanna looks angry already.
(d) Giovanna rings the doorbell twice.

14. What does Giovanna have planned for May 23 in Part II?
(a) Secretly meeting with Vittoria and skipping school.
(b) Spying on her father at work.
(c) Spying on her mother at work.
(d) Eating lunch by herself in a cafe.

15. What does Vittoria argue with the cemetery attendant about?
(a) The tipped-over tombstones.
(b) The uncut grass.
(c) The dirt on the path.
(d) The broken gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about May 23 for Vittoria?

2. Where does Giovanna's family go on vacation with Angela's and Ida's family?

3. How did Enzo die?

4. What does Nella tell Giovanna when she says she wants to see Vittoria?

5. Who is Rosa the son of?

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