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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leda's ex husband live?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Argentina.
(c) America.
(d) Canada.

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

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

4. Who are Bianca and Marta?
(a) Leda's best friends.
(b) Leda's daughters.
(c) Leda's sisters.
(d) Leda's aunts.

5. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?
(a) The sun.
(b) Her child.
(c) Other men.
(d) Escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Leda throw away the tray of fruit that awaited her in her vacation apartment?

2. What begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?

3. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?

4. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?

5. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?

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