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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 does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?
(a) She gets her ointment.
(b) She offers to take her to the doctor.
(c) She tells her she threw the pinecone at her.
(d) She gets ice for it.

2. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?
(a) Mosquito.
(b) Cicada.
(c) Fly.
(d) Spider.

3. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Ann Goldstein.
(b) Elena Ferrante.
(c) Anita Raja.
(d) Elsa Morante.

4. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?
(a) Her child.
(b) Other men.
(c) Escape.
(d) The sun.

5. Who is Florinda?
(a) Nina's mother.
(b) One of Marta's beautiful friends.
(c) The woman with whom Gianni had an affair.
(d) Leda's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda tell Nina is "blinding" (27) after she found Elena in Chapter 10?

2. What did Leda sometimes do when Bianca or Marta brought boyfriends over their house?

3. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?

4. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?

5. What does Elena tell Leda when she finds her by the water in Chapter 10?

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