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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 Corrado bring to Giovanna from Vittoria?
(a) A letter asking for the bracelet back.
(b) Records.
(c) Rings.
(d) Money.

2. What does Giovanna often eat with her father when he visits her in Part III?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Risotto.
(c) Gelato.
(d) Panzarotti and Pastacresciuta.

3. What physical change does Giovanna see in Nella after her separation from Andrea?
(a) Her hair turns grey.
(b) She gets more wrinked.
(c) She gains weight.
(d) She grows very thin.

4. Who else does Giovanna discover has torturous thoughts about the bracelet in Part III?
(a) Ida.
(b) Margherita.
(c) Her mother Nella.
(d) Angela.

5. What is the difference between Mariano and Vittoria, according to Nella?
(a) Mariano is honest and Vittoria is not.
(b) Mariano is Italian and Vittoria is not.
(c) Mariano has a job and Vittoria does not.
(d) Mariano is a civilized person and Vittoria is not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giuliana tell Giovanna on the phone about Vittoria?

2. Why does Costanza ask Giovanna to take off the bracelet in Part III?

3. Why does Giovanna suggest Roberto remembers her from their first meeting?

4. What does Corrado say Rosario will do to Roberto if he starts thinking Giovanna likes Roberto?

5. What does Giuliana's family want to see happen after she marries Roberto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Giovanna get so upset and turn pale in Part III at her father's new house with Costanza?

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

3. How does Nella seem to feel about Andrea after he leaves her and Giovanna?

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

5. What misgivings does Giovanna have about Giuliana's relationship with Roberto?

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

7. Who does Vittoria tell Giovanna she should come to hear speak in her church in Part III?

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

9. How does Corrado behave towards Giovanna when he picks her up with his friend Corrado?

10. What does Giuliana tell Giovanna she likes most about her fiance Roberto?

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