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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 does the priest Vittoria knows say about Roberto?
(a) He will be head priest one day.
(b) He is an old scholar.
(c) He has the beauty and intelligence of those who have faith.
(d) He may be the Pope one day.

2. Who was Vittoria's lover that she tells Giovanna about?
(a) Michaela.
(b) Antonio
(c) Sidney.
(d) Enzo.

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

4. What does one of Giovanna's uncles say to her about her father Andrea?
(a) Her father could not help being the bad person he was.
(b) Luckily she has nothing of her father in her.
(c) He would like to make amends with her father.
(d) Her father would have to ask the rest of the family for forgiveness if he ever wanted to have a relationship with them again.

5. Where does Vittoria tell Giovanna they have to go to visit Enzo?
(a) The police station.
(b) The penitentiary.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Giovanna describe her father Andrea's physical appearance?

2. What insulting comment does Andrea make about Vittoria's appearance after Giovanna's visit?

3. What does Nella do when she finds Giovanna using her makeup?

4. What does Nella do for work?

5. What street does Giovanna live on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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