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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 Giovanni bring to Leda's apartment at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) Fish.
(b) A new dress.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A bottle of wine.

2. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Gino.
(c) Gerardo.
(d) Gianni.

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

4. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
(a) She grabbed her things and left.
(b) She sternly said no.
(c) She apologized and said of course.
(d) She spit on them.

5. Why did Leda drag her daughters to a pay phone when she returned from the conference?
(a) To call her mother and ask if the girls could live with her.
(b) To call Professor Hardy.
(c) They could not afford their home phone anymore.
(d) To call Gianni when she was locked out of her apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?

2. What does Giovanni describe, which Leda called a pupatella?

3. What does Elena call her doll?

4. What subject does Leda teach?

5. What does Leda tell Nina she felt "more useless and desperate without...than with" (72)?

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