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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of ugliness does Giovanna think Vittoria might have?

2. What does Ida want to read to Giovanna in Part IV?

3. What is Giovanna's reaction to her father's leaving her and her mother for the first time?

4. What does Corrado bring to Giovanna from Vittoria?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Costanza give Giovanna her bracelet?

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

3. Why is Giovanna humiliated in Part III?

4. How does Andrea react to the knowledge that Giovanna is friends with Roberto Matese?

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

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

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

8. Why is Giovanna so upset that Nella is going to see Mariano again in Part IV?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Giovanna becomes so obsessed with Roberto? What kinds of uncomfortable parallels does Giovanna eventually begin to draw between Roberto and other men in her life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Giovanna become so obsessed with the idea of her physical attractiveness, especially concerning her face? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Giovanna feel about her father, Andrea, as the novel begins? Why do you think Giovanna is so stung by Andrea's comment that she is beginning to resemble his estranged sister Vittoria? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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