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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 Giovanna confess to Don Giacomo but says too softly for him to hear?
(a) She thinks she will never finish school.
(b) She thinks Vittoria is trying to hurt her.
(c) She thinks her father hates her.
(d) She feels ugly and as if she is a bad person but she still wants to be loved.

2. What sinister word does Giovanna use to think about how the Lord treats humans?
(a) Surveillance.
(b) Malice.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Conceit.

3. What does Andrea tell Giovanna about how Mariano supposedly treated Costanza?
(a) He was always angry with her.
(b) He always betrayed her.
(c) He was always indifferent to her.
(d) He always loved her and was loyal to her.

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

5. What kind of car does Rosario drive?
(a) A convertible.
(b) A Peugot.
(c) A truck.
(d) A small fiat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariano do the first time he and Giovanna meet after her parents' breakup that annoys Giovanna?

2. Which of the following words does Giovanna repeatedly use to describe the bracelet to herself?

3. Why does Giovanna stop wearing the bracelet in Part III?

4. How old is Giovanna when she first hears Roberto speak?

5. What does Giovanna often eat with her father when he visits her in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nella tell Giovanna she finds she can not hate Andrea?

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

3. What is one thing Giovanna hates about the Gospels?

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

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

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

7. What does Giovanna say to Don Giacomo in Part IV that he does not hear because she says it too softly?

8. Why does Costanza give Giovanna her bracelet?

9. Why does Giovanna hurt Silvestro in Part IV?

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

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