My Brilliant Friend Quizzes

My Brilliant Friend Quiz 1

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

Florence

Turin

Rome

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

One day

Three days

Two months

Two weeks
3 How old is Rino when his mother disappears?

Forty

Thirty-five

Seventeen

Twenty-five
4 What does Elena advise Rino to do when he phones her?

Not to search for his mother

Phone all of the hospitals in Naples

Travel to Paris to see if Lila has fled there

Find out as much as he can about Lila's childhood
5 What the nickname that most people other than Elena use for Lila?

Lenu

Lola

Lina

Raffi
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 tells Elena she finds her beautiful

She hugs Elena

She gives her the only book she owns
7 What are the names of Elena and Lila's dolls?

Tina and Lena

Nonna and Nuna

Tina and Nu

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

Third

In high school

Fifth

First
9 Who is Don Achille's sworn enemy in the neighborhood?

Nino Sarratore

Fernando Cerrullo

Signor Peluso

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

Rose

Sun

Blood

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

Lidia

Pinuccia

Carmela

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

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

They do not want to pay the additional costs

They are very proud and excited

They are resentful and embarrassed that she is more intelligent than her brother
13 What does Don Achille give to the girls after they visit his home?

A pair of diamond earrings

New dolls

A book

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

Little Women

Pride and Prejudice

David Copperfield

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

Her cousin

Don Achille

Her uncle

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?

Mount Etna

Pompeii

Mont Blanc

Vesuvius
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 to make a new friend from outside of the neighbourhood

That Lila was hoping Elena's parents, as punishment for her disobedience, would refuse to allow her to attend high school
19 What are the results of Elena's high school entrance exam?

She scores 10 out of 10

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
20 How does Don Achille die?

He has a heart attack

He is murdered

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 24, 1958

February 14, 1962

December 31, 1971

December 31, 1958
22 What is Elena's academic experience during her first year of middle school?

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

She achieves high grades, but only due to cheating

She does poorly and barely passes

She is an extremely strong student and scores at the top of her class
23 What types of subjects are covered in the school Lila is sent to instead of high school?

Music and sculpture

Bookkeeping and typing

Ancient Latin and Greek

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

Lila tells everyone in the neighborhood and causes her great embarrassment

Elena's mother beats her

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 provide them with naked photos of Lila

She will let them watch her take a bath

She will show them her breasts

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

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