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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area of the city does Andrea hate to drive in?
(a) The neighborhoods.
(b) The ring road.
(c) The alleways.
(d) The museum road.

2. Where does Giovanna's family go on vacation with Angela's and Ida's family?
(a) Rome.
(b) Milan.
(c) Florence.
(d) Calabria.

3. What does Vittoria give Giovanna to drink during their first meeting?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Water.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Wine.

4. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna in the cemetery about her and Enzo that transfixes Giovanna?
(a) That Enzo had said his ghost would come back to see Vittoria.
(b) Graphic details about their sex life.
(c) That Enzo had given her a beautiful diamond ring.
(d) That Enzo had left his house to her when he died.

5. Why does Costanza say she is giving her beautiful bracelet to Giovanna?
(a) She says she needs to give away all her jewelry.
(b) She says she has always thought it would look better on Giovanna.
(c) She says the bracelet makes Mariano angry.
(d) She says it actually belongs to Giovanna.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ida tell Giovanna she sometimes looks ugly?

2. Who was Vittoria's lover that she tells Giovanna about?

3. Why does Nella tell Giovanna she does not think it is a good idea for Angela and Ida to meet Vittoria?

4. What does Andrea tell Giovanna about what Vittoria will likely try to convince her of?

5. What does Giovanna tell Vittoria about her mother's friendship with Costanza?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Giovanna feel about Vittoria after their first meeting?

2. What does Giovanna think of Vittoria's neighborhood the first time she goes to visit?

3. What does Giovanna realize her father Andrea is very attached to for the first time in Part II?

4. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna is the main reason for the rift between her and Giovanna's father?

5. Where does Giovanna go with Vittoria when Vittoria comes to her door in Part II?

6. What does Giovanna think of Mariano, her father's closest friend?

7. What does Giovanna discover in her parents' photo albums?

8. What is the first lie Giovanna tells Angela and Ida?

9. Why does Giovanna begin pestering her friends Angela and Ida about their opinions of her appearance?

10. Why is Giovanna so interested in her Aunt Vittoria in Part I?

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