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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. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?
2. Who is Rosaria?
3. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?
4. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?
5. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Nina at the start of Chapter 10 and who is she searching for?
2. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?
3. How old was Leda when she had her first child? How did her life change after becoming a mother? In what way is that different from her husband's life after parenthood?
4. How did Leda's view of Nina change on the first Saturday of her vacation after the beach grew crowded at the end of Chapter 1?
5. Why does Leda say that strangers are helpful in situations such as Nina losing Elena on the beach?
6. Why did Leda allow her daughters to play with her like a doll?
7. How is Leda's mother portrayed when Leda was a child?
8. What happens when Leda calls her daughters after getting hit with a pinecone? How does she feel after their conversation?
9. What contentious interaction does Leda witness between Nina and her husband at the end of Chapter 9? What changes as a result of their interaction?
10. Where does Leda wake up at the start of Chapter 1? Why? Who is there with 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 examining the ending of The Lost Daughter. How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 3
Choose a character or symbol and discuss their/its role in creating conflict in the story.
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