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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 19 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?
(a) Marta.
(b) Nina.
(c) Mina.
(d) Bianca.

2. What did Leda say to her daughters after she returned to them and they did poorly in school?
(a) It is not their fault they are not bright.
(b) They were going to turn out like their grandmother.
(c) At least they are pretty.
(d) They get their brains from their father.

3. How long after she met the hitchhikers did Leda leave her family?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

4. Who tells Leda over the phone that Canada is “an uninhabitable country, both winter and summer” (21).
(a) Bianca.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Gianni.
(d) Marta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?

2. What does Leda tell Nina you have to do sometimes "in order not to die" (43)?

3. How did Marta behave after Leda's interaction with Florinda, as remembered in Chapter 13?

4. What does Leda go shopping for at the start of Chapter 14?

5. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?

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