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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 is different about the way Vittoria usually speaks that Giovanna is not used to?
(a) She speaks in French.
(b) She speaks in dialect.
(c) She speaks in Spanish.
(d) She speaks in German.

2. What lie does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida for the first time in Part II?
(a) Her mother is actually a princess.
(b) Her aunt is kind and quiet.
(c) She has already had sex.
(d) Her grandmother used to make her hot chocolate.

3. What does Giovanna realize that her father Andrea is very attached to in Part II?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Negativity.
(c) Fame.
(d) Money.

4. Who is Rosa the son of?
(a) The police inspector Nello.
(b) The lawyer Sargente.
(c) The construction magnate Romano.
(d) The criminal Bagliateli.

5. Where does Vittoria take Giovanna and her friends in Part II?
(a) The theater.
(b) The movies.
(c) Church.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses Giovanna about Enzo's face in his picture?

2. What day of the week does Giovanna first visit Vittoria?

3. What does Giovanna's father especially like about her appearance?

4. What is Giovanna's last name?

5. Who does Andrea think Giovanna is starting to look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about a gift she supposedly gave Giovanna when she was a baby?

2. What kind of relationship does Vittoria have with Enzo's widow and children?

3. What does Vittoria implore Giovanna to do regarding her parents in Part II?

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

5. What do Giovanna and Angela frequently do that makes Ida feel left out when all three girls sleep over together?

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

7. How do Giovanna's parents react when she says she wants to meet Vittoria?

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

9. Why does Vittoria tell Giovanna that Giovanna's father avoids cemeteries?

10. What does Giovanna overhear her father telling her mother about her two years before he leaves the family?

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