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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) Her hotel room.
(c) A hospital.
(d) Her mother's home.

2. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?
(a) Gianni.
(b) Gerardo.
(c) Gino.
(d) Giovanni.

3. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?
(a) Kick Leda out of the house.
(b) Leave the family.
(c) Throw away all of Leda's toys.
(d) Smack Leda.

4. How does Giovanni behave when Leda sees him playing cards with a group of friends at the bar in Chapter 7?
(a) He acts like he does not know Leda.
(b) He is rude toward Leda.
(c) He flirts with Leda.
(d) He is drunk and belligerent.

5. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?
(a) She lost her job.
(b) She drove into a guardrail.
(c) She nearly drowned.
(d) Her daughter died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eyes does Leda realize she had been viewing the world through more than her own?

2. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?

3. Who told Leda she was “less distracted, more generous” (7) after her children moved?

4. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?

5. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?

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