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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What sets Corrado apart from his siblings in Giovanna's perception?
(a) He faints all the time.
(b) He is angry all the time.
(c) He ridicules everyone.
(d) He is very quiet.

6. Why does Vittoria get so angry at Giovanna in Part III?
(a) She suspects Giovanna is having an affair with Tonino.
(b) She suspects she came to see Vittoria with Corrado and Rosario.
(c) She suspects Giovanna is reporting back on Vittoria to her parents.
(d) She suspects Giovanna is manipulating her.

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

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

9. What do Corrado and Rosario do to try to get Giovanna to go with them after she sees Vittoria in Part III?
(a) Throw rocks at her window.
(b) Drive alongside the bus she is on and implore her to get off.
(c) Promise to buy her drinks.
(d) Promise to buy her roses.

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

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

12. What does Giovanna do to Silvestro because of the way he insults her in Part IV?
(a) Stabs him hard with a pencil.
(b) Punches him in the face.
(c) Kicks him in the testicles.
(d) Puts a drug in his drink.

13. Where do Tonino and Angela often go for walks together?
(a) Via Della Corolloa.
(b) Marcaspone.
(c) Mergellina.
(d) Florence.

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

15. Why does Giuliana tell Giovanna she has trouble with Angela sometimes?
(a) She is mean to Tonino.
(b) She is not an easy type and always wants to be in the middle.
(c) She is too smart for her own good.
(d) She is ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariano bring to Giovanna's house the first time he visits in Part IV?

2. Who charms Giovanna's school principal in her favor?

3. Why does Giovanna suggest Roberto remembers her from their first meeting?

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

5. Who does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida she is more of a whore than?

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