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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Giovanna think she was able to remove herself from her parents' suffering in Part III?
(a) Her finding religion.
(b) Her obsessive brooding.
(c) Her friends' support.
(d) Her boyfriends' support.

2. What does Giovanna think after she hears Roberto speak for the first time?
(a) He reminds her of Mariano.
(b) She thinks he is not very intelligent.
(c) She thinks he is arrogant.
(d) She thinks she is in love with him.

3. What does Giovanna tell Roberto is her impression of the Gospels?
(a) They are too happy.
(b) They tell a terrible story.
(c) They are wrong from a historical perspective.
(d) They are misogynistic.

4. Who is Andrea impressed that Giovanna is associated with in Part IV?
(a) Corrado Enzo.
(b) Roberto Matese.
(c) Harlano Roderico.
(d) Tonino Enzo.

5. Who does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida she is more of a whore than?
(a) Vittoria.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Giuliana.
(d) Her mother.

6. What does Giovanna tell Andrea about her opinion on the Gospels?
(a) She thinks they are too long.
(b) She thinks they are too simplistic.
(c) She does not like the story.
(d) She thinks they are too dense.

7. What does Giovanna call Vittoria to ask her about in the very end of Part IV?
(a) Her grandmother's big secret.
(b) Her bracelet.
(c) Her books she let Vittoria borrow.
(d) Her father's big secret that Vittoria always alluded to but never revealed.

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

9. What is Giovanna afraid she might let slip to her father about her true feelings on the Gospels?
(a) That she is gay.
(b) That God the father was even worse than he is as a father.
(c) That she does not actually believe in God.
(d) That she may want to be a nun.

10. Who else does Giovanna discover has torturous thoughts about the bracelet in Part III?
(a) Angela.
(b) Margherita.
(c) Ida.
(d) Her mother Nella.

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

12. What does Andrea tell Giovanna is important if she wants to be baptized?
(a) If she has faith it is fine.
(b) It had better not be Vittoria's idea or influence.
(c) She needs to find a sponsor first.
(d) She needs to have communion after that.

13. What does Costanza do in front of Giovanna in Part III that alarms her?
(a) Pulls out her own hair.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Walks in front of a car.
(d) Cries.

14. Why does Giovanna get in trouble in school in Part IV?
(a) For stabbing Silvestro with a pencil.
(b) For having sex on school grounds.
(c) For stealing money from the school cafeteria.
(d) For making Mirella cry.

15. What physical change does Giovanna see in Nella after her separation from Andrea?
(a) She grows very thin.
(b) She gains weight.
(c) Her hair turns grey.
(d) She gets more wrinked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Roberto finally tell Giovanna he recalls why he remembered her?

2. Why does Costanza want Giovanna to come to her house with her in Part III?

3. What does Giovanna often eat with her father when he visits her in Part III?

4. What does Nella do for Andrea that Giovanna thinks is unfair to Nella?

5. Why does Giovanna feel out of place at church after hearing Roberto speak?

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