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Our first introduction to Loretta Castorini shows her hard at work for some local businesses, including an undertaker and a florist. What does Loretta do?
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book-keeper
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driver
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florist
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cleaning person
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Loretta's boyfriend Johnny Cammareri proposes marriage while they are at a local Italian restaurant. Loretta wants Johnny to kneel down and present her with a ring so they can "do it right" - but Johnny doesn't have an engagement ring for her. What does he use instead?
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a piece of calamari
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his pinkie ring
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a twist tie fashioned into the shape of a ring
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one of Loretta's hoop earrings
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While at the airport, before his trip to see his dying mother, Johnny gives Loretta a task. What is it?
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find a nice church to marry in and make a reservation
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buy a plane ticket and meet up with him in Italy so she can meet his mother before she dies
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call his estranged brother and invite him to the wedding
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tell her parents of her plans to marry, since she'd likely keep it a secret
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Loretta tells her parents that she is engaged to Johnny. Loretta's father Cosmo is angry at this news, as he feels Loretta will bring bad luck to this marriage, and he doesn't like Johnny. Loretta's mother Rose seems relieved to hear Loretta admit that:
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she does not love Johnny
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she and Johnny will live with Cosmo and Rose after they are married
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she wants to give her parents a grandchild
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she does not want her parents to pay for the wedding
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Loretta calls Johnny's brother Ronny and he hangs up on her. Infuriated, she goes to see him in person at his business, a:
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butcher shop
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flower shop
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dry cleaner's
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bakery
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Johnny angrily relates his story of heartbreak and brotherly bad blood to Loretta. What physical reminder of this time in his life does he show to Loretta?
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an empty eye socket
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a burned leg
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a missing tooth
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a wooden hand
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Loretta and Ronny compare their tales of woe and unluckiness while talking in private at Ronny's place. How did Loretta's first husband die?
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lung cancer
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stabbed in a bar fight
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heart attack while jogging
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hit by a bus
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Loretta tries to explain Johnny's romantic tale of woe to him as she sees it, comparing him to what animal?
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wolf
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tiger
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lion
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donkey
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Loretta spends the night with Ronny, and regrets her actions the next morning. She tells Ronny she never wants to see him again (despite his declaration that he's in love with her), and Ronny tells her that he will not show up at her and Johnny's wedding if she - what?
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sleeps with him one more time
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goes to the opera with him
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goes to Italy with him for support so the brothers can mend their feud
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admits to Johnny that she slept with Ronny
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How does Loretta prepare for her date at the opera with Ronny?
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she spends the day working
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she prays
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she gets a makeover
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she calls Johnny to make sure he still wants to get married
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What opera do Loretta and Ronny see at the Met?
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Tosca
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Madame Butterfly
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La Boheme
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Carmen
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Rose Castorini goes out to eat (alone) but winds up with a dinner companion when a fellow patron's young date leaves him. Rose asks this man a question she's been wondering - what is it?
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Why do older men seem to have a thing for younger women?
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Why do men chase women?
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Does dating a younger woman make an old man feel younger?
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Can a professor get reprimanded for dating a student?
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Who sees Rose Castorini walking home from the restaurant with her dinner companion and instantly gets the wrong impression?
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her husband Cosmo
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her father-in-law
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her brother Raymond
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Loretta
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Loretta leaves the opera knowing one piece of information she didn't know going in, after a chance meeting with a familiar face. What is it?
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Her father is having an affair
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Johnny was home from Italy
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Her aunt and uncle are opera season ticket holders
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Ronny's ex-fiancee wants him back
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Loretta, who is, uh, busy with Ronny, doesn't realize that Johnny has arrived home early and is waiting for her at the Castorini house. What news does Johnny share with Rose while waiting for Loretta to come home?
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He's bought Loretta a proper engagement ring
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He is not in love with Loretta
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His mother has recovered
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He misses his brother and is thinking of heading over to his apartment to reconcile
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Rose asks Johnny why a man would need to chase more than one woman - and loves the answer he gives, as it is identical to her answer. What is it?
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because he's easily bored
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why not?
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because he's a glutton for punishment
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because he fears death
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Cosmo's father comes downstairs the next morning and tells Cosmo there's something he needs to get off his chest. What is it?
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He tells Cosmo he saw Rose walking home with another man
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He says Cosmo must pay for the wedding of his only daughter
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He tells the family he only has months left to live
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He tells Cosmo that he's moving into a retirement home so as not to burden the family
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While the entire rest of the family (and Ronny) wait in the Castorini kitchen for Johnny to arrive, Raymond and Rita Cappomaggi arrive in a panic. Why are they so worried?
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The deposit Loretta was supposed to make at the bank the previous day was not made
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They saw Johnny rushing to the house and thought the family might want to be warned he's on his way
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They had heard Loretta hadn't arrived home the previous night and thought something might have happened to her
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They had received a phone call from Rose the night before asking about Cosmo's whereabouts and thought there might be trouble
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What reason does Johnny give for why he can't marry Loretta?
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He can't share a girl with his brother
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He doesn't want to be tied down at his age
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If he marries her, his mother will die
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He wants his pinky ring back
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Ronny needs something of Johnny's after proposing to Loretta, mere seconds after Johnny breaks off HIS engagement to Loretta. What is it?
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Johnny's blessing
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Johnny's pinkie ring
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money for the wedding
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his mother's phone number
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