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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. Why is Leda unable to return Elena's doll at the start of Chapter 14 as initially planned?

2. Who walks Leda home after the dance party in Chapter 23?

3. What does Nina ask Leda when she calls on Sunday close to midnight in Chapter 25?

4. What does Leda do for Nina, which Gino tells her is kind?

5. What did Leda do after Bianca interrupted her while she was writing an essay when Bianca was 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?

2. What does Nina use to harm Leda at the end of the novel? What does Leda say when her daughters call?

3. How did Leda treat Marta during vacation when she sought comfort from her mother when Lucilla and Bianca left her out of a game?

4. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?

5. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?

6. Who is Lucilla? How did Leda's daughters feel about Lucilla? How did Leda feel about Lucilla?

7. What does Leda say when Nina asked why she left her daughters?

8. What was Leda reminded of while watching Nani spew brown liquid into the sink in Chapter 22?

9. Why is Nina upset when she sees her husband at the start of Chapter 22 while she is at the fair talking with Leda? How does she act when she greets him?

10. In what way does Giovanni think young people today are different from when he was young?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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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