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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Leda worried Gianni would bring her daughters to her family in Naples after she left them?
(a) Leda had tried so hard to leave that part of herself behind.
(b) Leda was worried Gianni would not care for them if he had help.
(c) Leda was worried they would never want to leave Naples.
(d) Leda was worried her mother would spoil them too much.

2. What does Leda give to Nina while she is in her apartment at the end of the story?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) Nani.
(d) Nani's doll clothes.

3. How much time did Leda spend away from her daughters and husband?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

4. In what way does Leda feel Rosaria and Toni resemble one another?
(a) They have solid, firm bodies.
(b) They have beautiful faces.
(c) They are tall and slender.
(d) They are weak and scrawny.

5. What does Leda remind Nina she had said as Leda is discussing allowing Nina to use her apartment with Gino?
(a) Nina had said she was afraid of Toni.
(b) Nina had said she was happy with her husband.
(c) Nina had said she could not stand Elena.
(d) Nina had said Gino was a fool.

6. How long after she met the hitchhikers did Leda leave her family?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 days.

7. How did Lucilla behave toward Leda while their families vacationed together?
(a) She treated Leda like a child.
(b) She ignored Leda.
(c) She fawned over Leda.
(d) She treated Leda as a confidant.

8. What does Leda tell Nina she felt "more useless and desperate without...than with" (72)?
(a) Her daughters.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her work.
(d) Her mother.

9. What excuse did Leda give to her professor when he invited her to a conference?
(a) She could not leave her daughters.
(b) She did not like that particular writer.
(c) She could not afford it.
(d) Her husband would never let her.

10. What does Nina tell Leda she wants to do after Leda returns home?
(a) Work with Leda.
(b) Write letters to Leda.
(c) Move to Florence with Leda.
(d) Visit Leda in Florence.

11. What does Leda recall Bianca doing when she was 5 and Leda was working on an essay?
(a) Slapping her on the ear.
(b) Tearing up her work.
(c) Screaming in her ear.
(d) Coloring all over her work.

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

13. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?
(a) She invented a game to play with Marta.
(b) She yelled at Lucilla for being cruel.
(c) She read to Marta and rocked her to sleep.
(d) She yelled at Marta for getting sand all over her.

14. How does Leda feel she looks when she arrives at her apartment after thinking she is being followed in Chapter 23?
(a) Older and too thin.
(b) Frightened and dazed.
(c) Plump and sexy.
(d) Young and refreshed.

15. What does Elena tell Leda about her doll?
(a) She has a broken leg.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosaria say should happen to the person who took Elena's doll?

2. Why would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?

3. Who is with Nina when she meets Leda at the fair?

4. What surprised Leda during Professor Hardy's speech at the conference she attended with her professor?

5. How old was Nina when she had Elena?

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