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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda say when Nina asks why she left her daughters?
(a) She could not stand them.
(b) She did not think she was a good mother to them.
(c) She loved them too much.
(d) Gianni kicked her out.

2. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?
(a) She looks like her mother.
(b) She appears depressed.
(c) She is not as young or beautiful as she had thought.
(d) She is even more beautiful than she thought.

3. What was the name of Leda's childhood doll?
(a) Noni.
(b) Baby.
(c) Lollie.
(d) Mina.

4. Who does Gino say Nina's family blames for Elena's lost doll?
(a) Rosaria.
(b) Leda.
(c) Elena.
(d) Nina.

5. How old was Nina when she had Elena?
(a) 25.
(b) 31.
(c) 42.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?

2. Who gave Professor Hardy Leda's essay?

3. How does Leda feel after speaking with her daughter when she calls after the pinecone incident in Chapter 7?

4. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?

5. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?

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