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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 13 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Around 20.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Late 40s.
(d) Mid 30s.

3. What does Leda take before heading home from the beach in Chapter 10?
(a) Elena's doll.
(b) Nina's hat.
(c) Rosaria's purse.
(d) Gino's wallet.

4. What does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?
(a) She packs her things in a fury and leaves.
(b) She goes to the bar for a drink.
(c) She reads and stops watching them.
(d) She dips her feet in the water.

5. How old was Leda when she had her second child?
(a) 33.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 43.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?

2. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?

3. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?

4. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?

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

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