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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Giuliana tell Giovanna that is kind in Part III?
(a) She has heard that Corrado treated her badly and she will speak to him about it.
(b) She has heard that Vittoria has been difficult and she will try to get her to behave better.
(c) She has heard Giovanna broke up with a boyfriend and she would like to help Giovanna get through the hard time.
(d) She has heard what happened with Giovanna's parents and she is very sorry about it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Don Giacomo tell Giovanna he feels when he runs into her by chance in Part IV?
(a) She will probably never have a good relationship with God.
(b) She needs to be better to her sister.
(c) She looks to be in a dark mood.
(d) She has brightened his day and he is lucky he ran into her.

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

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

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

12. What kind of ugliness does Giovanna think Vittoria might have?
(a) The ugliness of ignorance.
(b) The ugliness of banality.
(c) The ugliness of sin.
(d) The ugliness of resentment.

13. What does Mariano do the first time he and Giovanna meet after her parents' breakup that annoys Giovanna?
(a) Compliments Giovanna's hair.
(b) Insults Giovanna for not passing school for the year.
(c) Tells Giovanna to get a job.
(d) Looks at Giovanna's breasts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Giovanna stop wearing the bracelet in Part III?

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

3. What does Giovanna tell Andrea about her opinion on the Gospels?

4. What is the difference between Mariano and Vittoria, according to Nella?

5. Why does Giuliana want Angela and Giovanna to meet Roberto?

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