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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda invite Gino to do with her when she runs into him in Chapter 12?
(a) Come to her apartment.
(b) Move to Florence with her.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Go to the movies.

2. What does Gino tell Leda he is studying at school when she sees him in Chapter 12?
(a) Literature.
(b) Law.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

3. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?
(a) Work.
(b) Money.
(c) Children.
(d) Spouses.

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

5. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?
(a) Gino was too busy to ask them himself.
(b) They did not speak Italian.
(c) The group did not like the Neapolitans.
(d) Gino felt that Leda owed them a favor.

6. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?
(a) A new stuffed animal.
(b) Her old doll.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A cat.

7. How old is Leda at the start of the story?
(a) 37.
(b) 47.
(c) 57.
(d) 27.

8. What subject does Leda teach?
(a) Science.
(b) Law.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Math.

9. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?
(a) Spider.
(b) Mosquito.
(c) Fly.
(d) Cicada.

10. After Leda apologizes to Rosaria for not moving, what does Rosaria say is not always good for people?
(a) The sea.
(b) Cake.
(c) Reading.
(d) Parties.

11. What is Leda's youngest daughter's name?
(a) Laila.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Marta.
(d) Marlina.

12. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?
(a) Being too loud.
(b) Stealing her daughter's boyfriend.
(c) Dirtying her floor.
(d) Eating all her food.

13. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?
(a) They would tuck her in to sleep.
(b) They would brush her teeth and hair.
(c) They would change her outfits.
(d) They would pretend to feed her.

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

15. How did Leda feel about her mother?
(a) She was neglectful.
(b) She was too controlling.
(c) She was tender.
(d) She was very unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Leda's profession?

3. How old was Leda when she had her first child?

4. What does Leda take before heading home from the beach in Chapter 10?

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

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