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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nella do when she finds Giovanna using her makeup?
(a) Helps her apply it better.
(b) Yells at her never to use it again.
(c) Buys her her own makeup.
(d) Ignores her.

2. What affectionate nickname does Vittoria have for Giovanna?
(a) Nini.
(b) Gi.
(c) Gia.
(d) Gianni.

3. What had Vittoria wanted to do as a career that she says Andrea looked down upon?
(a) Become a dancer.
(b) Become a painter.
(c) Become a landscaper.
(d) Become an actor.

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

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 jumps out of the window.
(d) Andrea throws something and breaks it.

6. What street does Giovanna live on?
(a) La Strada Frida.
(b) La Strada Mina.
(c) San Giacomo dei Capri.
(d) San Lucia dei Radi.

7. What does Giovanna learn to do more and more regarding her parents after meeting Vittoria?
(a) Ignore her parents.
(b) Lie to her parents.
(c) Manipulate her parents.
(d) Be angry at her parents.

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

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

10. Why does Nella tell Giovanna she does not think it is a good idea for Angela and Ida to meet Vittoria?
(a) Vittoria is not a presentable woman.
(b) Vittoria can not drive on her own.
(c) Vittoria can not speak proper Italian.
(d) Vittoria's clothes make her look poor.

11. What confuses Giovanna about Enzo's face in his picture?
(a) He looks exactly as Vittoria has described him.
(b) He has a broad forehead but sparking eyes, which Giovanna has been taught are contradictory indicators of intelligence.
(c) He looks very effeminate in his picture.
(d) He is not at all as Vittoria described.

12. 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.

13. Who drives Giovanna to see Vittoria the first time?
(a) Costanza.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Nella.
(d) Mariano.

14. What lie does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida for the first time in Part II?
(a) Her grandmother used to make her hot chocolate.
(b) Her aunt is kind and quiet.
(c) She has already had sex.
(d) Her mother is actually a princess.

15. 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 ruined their relationship only with one brother of Andrea's.
(c) Vittoria facilitated their relationship with the entire rest of the family.
(d) Vittoria ruined their relationship with the entire rest of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Vittoria drive?

2. What does Giovanna tell Vittoria about her mother's friendship with Costanza?

3. What does Vittoria bring to the cemetery?

4. Who is Andrea's best friend?

5. What does Vittoria give Giovanna to drink during their first meeting?

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