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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giuliana's family want to see happen after she marries Roberto?
(a) For Giuliana to immediately have children.
(b) For Giuliana to become more confident.
(c) For them to move to France.
(d) For them to live in Naples.

2. What does Corrado bring to Giovanna from Vittoria?
(a) Money.
(b) Records.
(c) Rings.
(d) A letter asking for the bracelet back.

3. Why does Giovanna stop wearing the bracelet in Part III?
(a) She loses it.
(b) It breaks.
(c) Costanza asks for it back.
(d) It symbolizes all the strife in her family.

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

5. What does Nella do for Andrea that Giovanna thinks is unfair to Nella?
(a) Spends time taking his dog for walks.
(b) Looks after his and Costanza's house when the two of them go on holidays.
(c) Spends time getting paperwork he asks her for him.
(d) Spends time doing is work for him.

6. Why does Costanza want Giovanna to come to her house with her in Part III?
(a) To celebrate Andrea's birthday.
(b) To celebrate Costanza's birthday.
(c) To celebrate Ida's birthday.
(d) To celebrate Angela's birthday.

7. Where is Giuliana supposed to live with Roberto after they are married?
(a) Rome.
(b) Calabria.
(c) Milan.
(d) Florence.

8. What does Giovanna hate about how the Lord God treated his own son?
(a) He let his son suffer and did not respond to his cries for help.
(b) He sold his son out to consolidate his own power.
(c) He never really trusted his own son.
(d) He renounced his son when it most mattered.

9. Which of the following words does Giovanna repeatedly use to describe the bracelet to herself?
(a) Maleficent.
(b) Baleful.
(c) Sentient.
(d) Rowdy.

10. What does Giovanna often eat with her father when he visits her in Part III?
(a) Gelato.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Risotto.
(d) Panzarotti and Pastacresciuta.

11. What word do Corrado and Giovanna laugh over repeatedly when he comes to visit her alone in Part III?
(a) Mooch.
(b) Dinling.
(c) Darling.
(d) Dimwit.

12. What does Giovanna think she can do, if not honor her mother and father?
(a) At least try to get closer to them.
(b) Try to unburden them by leaving home.
(c) Try to be honest with them about her homosexuality.
(d) Try to cook for them.

13. Why does Giovanna suggest Roberto remembers her from their first meeting?
(a) She is always talking.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is mean.
(d) She is just like Aunt Vittoria.

14. How does Giovanna think she can be beautiful in Part IV, if not physically?
(a) Romantically.
(b) Philosophically.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) Intellectually.

15. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna love is like on the phone in Part IV?
(a) Opaque, like the glass in the bathroom window.
(b) Light, like the snow.
(c) Sweet, like the roses.
(d) Transparent, like the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariano do the first time he and Giovanna meet after her parents' breakup that annoys Giovanna?

2. What paper does Andrea begin to write frequently for?

3. What does Giovanna confess to Don Giacomo but says too softly for him to hear?

4. Why does Giuliana tell Giovanna she has trouble with Angela sometimes?

5. Where does Corrado want to go walking with Giovanna in Part IV?

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