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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?
(a) They are getting the doll wet and dirty.
(b) The voices they use.
(c) The fact that the doll in makes.
(d) The way they fight over the doll.

2. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?
(a) Dark clouds.
(b) A black cat.
(c) Red flag.
(d) A dead bird.

3. What does Leda buy for Nina and Elena at the fair?
(a) A new doll.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A hat pin.
(d) An ice cream.

4. Who is Corrado?
(a) Leda's lover.
(b) Marta's boyfriend.
(c) Bianca's professor.
(d) Rosaria's husband.

5. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Anita Raja.
(b) Ann Goldstein.
(c) Elena Ferrante.
(d) Elsa Morante.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda tell Nina happened to her as a mother after she returned to her daughters?

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

3. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?

4. What did Leda sometimes do when Bianca or Marta brought boyfriends over their house?

5. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?

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