Education
What subjects will Elena study in high school?
Latin and Greek
(Chapter 10)
Who are the four boys who want to dance with Lila?
Stefano, Marcello, Enzo, and Pasquale.
(Chapter 15.)
Who does Pasquale threaten at the bar?
The Solara brothers and Stefano.
(Chapter 15.)
What physical feature is compared the most between Elena and Lila in this section?
The size of their chests/their weight.
What is Lila's business idea?
To make luxury shoes.
(Chapter 8.)
What is Elena's reward for doing well on her middle school exams?
Getting to wear her mother's silver bracelet.
(Chapter 9.)
Whose attention are Elena and Lila competing for?
Pasqual.
(Chapter 15.)
What did Antonio do in response to what happened to Ada?
Beats up Marcello and Michele.
(Chapter 8)
How does Lila test whether she and Elena are still friends?
By asking to study Latin with her.
(Chapter 6)
Why does Elena feel inadquate?
Because others are starting careers and she's studying.
(Chapter 9.)
Who does Elena say helped her study Latin?
A university student
(Chapter 7)
What does Lila say "proves" love?
Passing tests.
(Chapter 5)
Who does Lila say killed Don Achille?
a half-man, half-woman rat creature from the sewers.
(Chapter 6)
What does Lila say that reassures Elena about their friendship?
She threatens to hurt the Solara brothers if they hurt her
(Chapter 8.)
Why does Elena think the Sarratore family become rich?
Donato Sarratore wrote a poetry book.
(Chapter 11.)
What are Elena's middle school grades?
Nines in Italian and Latin. Eights in everything else.
(Chapter 9.)
What stirred Melina's (the widow) heart?
The poetry book by Donato Sarratore.
(Chapter 12.)
What is the tool that Lila threatens Marcello Solara with?
A shoemaker's knife.
(Chapter 13.)
Why is Elena jealous of Lila?
Pasquale wanted to go to the dance to see her, not Elena.
(Chapter 11.)
Where do the loan sharks hang out?
The bar solara.
(Chapter 15.)
Who is Maestra Oliviero's enemy?
Maestro Ferraro.
(Chapter 5.)
Where is the place where only "Love and boyfriends" count?
The courtyard
(Chapter 9.)
What happened to Ada?
She was sexually assaulted by the Solara brothers.
(Chapter 8.)
What news from Lila "overshadows" Elena's news about going to high school?
Lila gets her period.
(Chapter 13.)
Where does Lila's father say the money is?
In banks or with loan sharks.
(Chapter 8.)