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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 street do Angela and Ida live on?
(a) Via Nelladona.
(b) Via Cimarosa.
(c) Via Cardona.
(d) La Strada Flagella.
2. Who is Rosa the son of?
(a) The police inspector Nello.
(b) The construction magnate Romano.
(c) The lawyer Sargente.
(d) The criminal Bagliateli.
3. What does one of Giovanna's uncles say to her about her father Andrea?
(a) He would like to make amends with her father.
(b) Her father could not help being the bad person he was.
(c) Her father would have to ask the rest of the family for forgiveness if he ever wanted to have a relationship with them again.
(d) Luckily she has nothing of her father in her.
4. Where in Italy does Giovanna live?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Milan.
(d) Naples.
5. What is Giovanna's last name?
(a) Laghori.
(b) Trada.
(c) Benzi.
(d) Trattoria.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Angela end up dating?
2. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about her grandmother's funeral?
3. Who was Enzo's wife?
4. What does Giovanna begin wearing that belongs to her mother in Part I?
5. Why is Ida sometimes aggressive towards Angela and Giovanna?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Giovanna realize her father Andrea is very attached to for the first time in Part II?
2. What is one major source of tension between Giovanna and her parents in Part I?
3. What kind of relationship does Vittoria have with Enzo's widow and children?
4. What does Giovanna witness between her mother, Nella, and Mariano one night that shocks her in Part II?
5. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna about a gift she supposedly gave Giovanna when she was a baby?
6. How does Vittoria think Andrea is responsible for Enzo's death?
7. Why is Giovanna so interested in her Aunt Vittoria in Part I?
8. How does Giovanna feel about Vittoria after their first meeting?
9. How do Giovanna's parents react when she says she wants to meet Vittoria?
10. What does Giovanna think of Mariano, her father's closest friend?
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