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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Rosaria?

2. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?

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

4. What does the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman carry around with her at the beach?

5. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leda decide she will return Elena's doll as she drives back to her apartment at the start of Chapter 11?

2. Which of the Neapolitans is the first to speak directly to Leda in Chapter 7? Describe their interaction.

3. What happened when Leda found Bianca on the balcony with the doll she had given to her?

4. In what ways did Leda's life change after her daughters moved away?

5. How is Leda's mother portrayed when Leda was a child?

6. What childhood memories returned to Leda as she drives in Chapter 1 and pictures seeing a red flag on an empty beach?

7. Who was Florinda? What memory of Florinda is recalled in Chapter 13?

8. How does Rosaria help Leda when she notices the wound on her back?

9. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?

10. Why did Leda give her childhood doll to Bianca when she was young? What toy did Bianca prefer to the doll Leda gave to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Ferrante of The Lost Daughter. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the Neapolitan family has on the story. What does this family represent and how do they develop the themes of the story?

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