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

2. What does Giovanna do with the cake Costanza sends Nella?

3. What does Giovanna tell Andrea about her opinion on the Gospels?

4. What does Giovanna impulsively tell her father she wants to read?

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

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 is one thing Giovanna hates about the Gospels?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Giovanna humiliated in Part III?

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

10. Why does Costanza give Giovanna her bracelet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Giovanna's impulsive decision to tell Vittoria about observing a possibly flirtatious moment between her mother and Mariano bring about in terms of plot action in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Giovanna notice is different about her father's attitudes towards the family he grew up in - towards his siblings and his parents - than almost everyone else she knows in Naples? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your findings.

Essay Topic 3

How does Giovanna's attitude towards her mother change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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