My Brilliant Friend Quizzes

My Brilliant Friend Quiz 1

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

Venice

Rome

Florence

Turin
2 How long has Lila been missing when Rino calls Elena?

Two months

One day

Two weeks

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

Forty

Twenty-five

Seventeen

Thirty-five
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

Travel to Paris to see if Lila has fled there

Not to search for his mother
5 What the nickname that most people other than Elena use for Lila?

Lola

Lenu

Raffi

Lina
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 hugs Elena

She tells Elena she finds her beautiful
7 What are the names of Elena and Lila's dolls?

Tina and Lena

Nonna and Nuna

Maria and Grazia

Tina and Nu
8 In what grade do the girls meet?

First

Third

Fifth

In high school
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?

Sun

Love

Rose

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

Carmela

Gigliola

Pinuccia

Lidia
12 How do Lila's parents react to the possibility of their daughter continuing to high school?

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

They are very proud and excited

They think education will make it harder for Lila to find a husband

They do not want to pay the additional costs
13 What does Don Achille give to the girls after they visit his home?

A pair of diamond earrings

New dolls

Money

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

Little Women

David Copperfield

Pride and Prejudice

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

Her cousin

Her uncle

Don Achille

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

The Shy Princess

The Lost Child

The Blue Fairy

The Red Rose
17 What is the name of the volcano located close to Naples?

Vesuvius

Mount Etna

Mont Blanc

Pompeii
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 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

That Lila was hoping Elena would get hurt during the adventure
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 fails and has to retake the exam

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

She scores 10 out of 10
20 How does Don Achille die?

He is murdered

He has a heart attack

He falls from his balcony

He is hit by a train
21 What is the date on which Lila experiences her first episode of "dissolving margins"?

December 31, 1958

February 14, 1962

December 24, 1958

December 31, 1971
22 What is Elena's academic experience during her first year of middle school?

She does poorly and barely passes

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 achieves high grades, but only due to cheating
23 What types of subjects are covered in the school Lila is sent to instead of high school?

How to dance, walk gracefully, and apply make-up

Ancient Latin and Greek

Bookkeeping and typing

Music and sculpture
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

Lila tells everyone in the neighborhood and causes her great embarrassment

She tries to tell Lila but it is Carmela who ends up being able to offer advice and comfort
25 What deal does Elena strike with some neighborhood boys in exchange for ten lire?

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

She will show them her breasts

She will provide them with naked photos of Lila

She will let them watch her take a bath

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