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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. Why does Giovanna stop wearing the bracelet in Part III?
(a) It symbolizes all the strife in her family.
(b) She loses it.
(c) Costanza asks for it back.
(d) It breaks.

2. Why does Giovanna think she was able to remove herself from her parents' suffering in Part III?
(a) Her friends' support.
(b) Her obsessive brooding.
(c) Her boyfriends' support.
(d) Her finding religion.

3. What does Giovanna call Vittoria to ask her about in the very end of Part IV?
(a) Her books she let Vittoria borrow.
(b) Her grandmother's big secret.
(c) Her bracelet.
(d) Her father's big secret that Vittoria always alluded to but never revealed.

4. Why does Costanza want Giovanna to come to her house with her in Part III?
(a) To celebrate Ida's birthday.
(b) To celebrate Costanza's birthday.
(c) To celebrate Andrea's birthday.
(d) To celebrate Angela's birthday.

5. What does Giuliana's family want to see happen after she marries Roberto?
(a) For Giuliana to become more confident.
(b) For Giuliana to immediately have children.
(c) For them to move to France.
(d) For them to live in Naples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corrado tell Giovanna about how Rosario feels about her?

2. Why does Giuliana tell Giovanna she has trouble with Angela sometimes?

3. What does Vittoria tell Giovanna love is like on the phone in Part IV?

4. What physical change does Giovanna see in Nella after her separation from Andrea?

5. What does Giovanna think after she hears Roberto speak for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Giovanna think Andrea disappears from her life the first time in Part III?

2. Why does Andrea ask Giovanna to give the bracelet back to Costanza in Part III?

3. Why does Giovanna hurt Silvestro in Part IV?

4. What does Giovanna think about Andrea's handling of her school principal?

5. What does Mariano do to Giovanna when they meet for the first time again in Part IV that disgusts Giovanna?

6. In Part III, what does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida about her love life?

7. Why is Vittoria proud of Giovanna in Part IV?

8. What does Corrado tell Giovanna about Rosario's feelings for her that shocks her in Part IV?

9. How does Giovanna feel about Roberto after she hears him speak in Part III?

10. What happens between Corrado and Giovanna in Part III?

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