My Brilliant Friend Quizzes

My Brilliant Friend Quiz 1

1 Where is Elena when she receives the call that Lila is missing?
Turin

Rome

Florence

Venice
2 How long has Lila been missing when Rino calls Elena?
One day

Two months

Two weeks

Three days
3 How old is Rino when his mother disappears?
Seventeen

Thirty-five

Twenty-five

Forty
4 What does Elena advise Rino to do when he phones her?
Find out as much as he can about Lila's childhood

Phone all of the hospitals in Naples

Not to search for his mother

Travel to Paris to see if Lila has fled there
5 What the nickname that most people other than Elena use for Lila?
Lola

Lina

Raffi

Lenu
6 What is the gesture Lila makes when she and Elena go to Don Achille's apartment, cementing their friendship?
She waits for Elena on the stairs and then offers her hand

She gives her the only book she owns

She tells Elena she finds her beautiful

She hugs Elena
7 What are the names of Elena and Lila's dolls?
Tina and Lena

Tina and Nu

Nonna and Nuna

Maria and Grazia
8 In what grade do the girls meet?
First

In high school

Fifth

Third
9 Who is Don Achille's sworn enemy in the neighborhood?
Signor Peluso

Nino Sarratore

Fernando Cerrullo

Silvio Solara
10 What is the word Elena uses to describe Lila being able to read off the board, revealing her literacy?
Blood

Sun

Love

Rose
11 What is the name of third girl who, in addition to Elena and Lila, is told she should continue to high school?
Lidia

Gigliola

Pinuccia

Carmela
12 How do Lila's parents react to the possibility of their daughter continuing to high school?
They are very proud and excited

They do not want to pay the additional costs

They are resentful and embarrassed that she is more intelligent than her brother

They think education will make it harder for Lila to find a husband
13 What does Don Achille give to the girls after they visit his home?
A pair of diamond earrings

Money

New dolls

A book
14 What is the book that Lila and Elena buy?
Pride and Prejudice

Little Women

David Copperfield

Jane Eyre
15 Who does Lila hope will eventually pay her school costs?
Don Achille

Her uncle

Her cousin

Her brother
16 What is the name of the novel Lila writes?
The Red Rose

The Shy Princess

The Lost Child

The Blue Fairy
17 What is the name of the volcano located close to Naples?
Mont Blanc

Pompeii

Vesuvius

Mount Etna
18 What is the disconcerting possibility Elena considers after she and Lila skip school and leave the neighborhood?
That Lila was hoping Elena would get hurt during the adventure

That Lila was hoping Elena would get expelled for skipping school

That Lila was hoping Elena's parents, as punishment for her disobedience, would refuse to allow her to attend high school

That Lila was hoping to make a new friend from outside of the neighbourhood
19 What are the results of Elena's high school entrance exam?
She scores just high enough to be admitted, but is disappointed in her results

She scores 10 out of 10 but only by cheating off of Lila's exam

She fails and has to retake the exam

She scores 10 out of 10
20 How does Don Achille die?
He is hit by a train

He falls from his balcony

He is murdered

He has a heart attack
21 What is the date on which Lila experiences her first episode of "dissolving margins"?
February 14, 1962

December 24, 1958

December 31, 1958

December 31, 1971
22 What is Elena's academic experience during her first year of middle school?
She achieves high grades, but only due to cheating

She hides her academic abilities and purposely does poorly to avoid tensions with other students

She is an extremely strong student and scores at the top of her class

She does poorly and barely passes
23 What types of subjects are covered in the school Lila is sent to instead of high school?
Bookkeeping and typing

Ancient Latin and Greek

Music and sculpture

How to dance, walk gracefully, and apply make-up
24 What happens after Elena gets her first period?
Her teacher tells her she will now have to drop out of high school

Elena's mother beats her

She tries to tell Lila but it is Carmela who ends up being able to offer advice and comfort

Lila tells everyone in the neighborhood and causes her great embarrassment
25 What deal does Elena strike with some neighborhood boys in exchange for ten lire?
She will let them watch her take a bath

She will provide them with naked photos of Lila

She will explain to them how to win Lila's heart

She will show them her breasts

I'm sorry, I was able to find a photo of the car, and although the emblem on the car does not seem to be an Alpha Romeo, there were no other distinguishing features.

Asked by chris m #1077213

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/18/2020 1:36 PM