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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What annoys Giovanna about Costanza when she visits her house for the first time in Posillipo?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Her sweet attentions.
(c) Her anger.
(d) Her arrogance.

2. What does Giovanna notice about her grandmother in one of the pictures Nella shows her in Part III?
(a) She looks exactly like Giovanna.
(b) She is wearing diamond earrings.
(c) She is wearing the bracelet.
(d) She is very thin.

3. What is the difference between Mariano and Vittoria, according to Nella?
(a) Mariano has a job and Vittoria does not.
(b) Mariano is a civilized person and Vittoria is not.
(c) Mariano is honest and Vittoria is not.
(d) Mariano is Italian and Vittoria is not.

4. What happens in June in Part III that embarasses Giovanna?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) She is kicked out of school.
(c) She does not get promoted to her next grade level.
(d) She is robbed.

5. 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 cook for them.
(c) Try to be honest with them about her homosexuality.
(d) Try to unburden them by leaving home.

6. 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.

7. 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 she does not actually believe in God.
(c) That God the father was even worse than he is as a father.
(d) That she may want to be a nun.

8. How old is Giovanna when she first hears Roberto speak?
(a) Almost 15.
(b) 18.
(c) Almost 20.
(d) 13.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Ida want to read to Giovanna in Part IV?
(a) The Gospels.
(b) Some love letters.
(c) Some of her own poems.
(d) Some novellas.

14. Why does Giovanna feel out of place at church after hearing Roberto speak?
(a) She is wearing tight, low-cut clothes and heavy makeup.
(b) She is wearing a heavy winter coat in summer.
(c) She is the oldest person there.
(d) She does not know anything about religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angela mostly talk about when Costanza brings Giovanna to their house for the first time after Nella and Andrea's separation?

2. Who else does Giovanna discover has torturous thoughts about the bracelet in Part III?

3. What does Giuliana tell Giovanna that is kind in Part III?

4. Where does Giovanna tell Nella she is going with classmates when she really intends to go with Corrado and Rosario?

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

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