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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giovanna tell Vittoria in Part II that she immediately regrets?
(a) That she wants to live with Vittoria.
(b) That she saw something romantic pass between Nella and Mariano.
(c) That she hates her own father.
(d) That she hates her own mother.

2. What does Vittoria bring to the cemetery?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Diamonds.

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

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

5. What does Giovanna realize that her father Andrea is very attached to in Part II?
(a) Money.
(b) Fame.
(c) Negativity.
(d) Admiration.

6. What does Ida tell Giovanna about Vittoria?
(a) She is mean and very ugly.
(b) She is wonderful.
(c) She seems scary.
(d) She seems sad.

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

8. Who is the priest Vittoria introduces Giovanna to?
(a) Don Giacomo.
(b) Don Johnson.
(c) Don Rollo.
(d) Don Giovanni.

9. What insulting comment does Andrea make about Vittoria's appearance after Giovanna's visit?
(a) He comments on Vittoria's shabby clothes.
(b) He comments on Vittoria's straggly hair.
(c) He comments on Vittoria being overweight.
(d) He comments on Vittoria's mustache.

10. Which uncle of Giovanna's works on the railroad?
(a) Luca.
(b) Ryani.
(c) Nicola.
(d) Michaela.

11. 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.

12. Where did Giovanna's mother's parents used to live?
(a) Marsipi.
(b) Duomo.
(c) Delgio Oni.
(d) Museo.

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

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

15. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna in the cemetery about her and Enzo that transfixes Giovanna?
(a) That Enzo had said his ghost would come back to see Vittoria.
(b) That Enzo had left his house to her when he died.
(c) That Enzo had given her a beautiful diamond ring.
(d) Graphic details about their sex life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Andrea think Giovanna is starting to look like?

2. What does Andrea do for a living?

3. What does Andrea tell Giovanna about what Vittoria will likely try to convince her of?

4. What had Vittoria wanted to do as a career that she says Andrea looked down upon?

5. When does Ida tell Giovanna she sometimes looks ugly?

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