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Elena Ferrante
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The Lying Life of Adults Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Elena Ferrante
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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. How many children did Enzo have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. Why is Ida sometimes aggressive towards Angela and Giovanna?
(a) She gets agitated at night in the dark.
(b) She does not really like Giovanna.
(c) She and her sister Angela fight all the time.
(d) She is afraid of being left out.

3. What does Vittoria compliment Costanza on?
(a) Her house.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her accent.
(d) Her bracelet.

4. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about her grandmother's funeral?
(a) Her grandmother planned her whole funeral herself before she died.
(b) Andrea, Giovanna's father, did not attend.
(c) There was no funeral for her grandmother.
(d) All the nuns in Rome showed up at her grandmother's funeral.

5. Which uncle of Giovanna's works on the railroad?
(a) Michaela.
(b) Ryani.
(c) Luca.
(d) Nicola.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vittoria take Giovanna and her friends in Part II?

2. What is the nickname Vittoria uses for Corrado?

3. Which of the two sisters Giovanna is friends with is closer to her own age?

4. How did Enzo die?

5. What does the priest Vittoria knows say about Roberto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about herself and Enzo that enthralls Giovanna?

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

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

5. According to Vittoria, what happened between she and Andrea that began their big fight?

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

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

8. What are some of the reasons Giovanna's parents tell her to explain the rift between them and Vittoria?

9. What do Andrea's siblings seem to think of Andrea when Vittoria takes Giovanna to meet them?

10. How does Vittoria think Andrea is responsible for Enzo's death?

(see the answer keys)

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