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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?
(a) Throw away all of Leda's toys.
(b) Leave the family.
(c) Smack Leda.
(d) Kick Leda out of the house.

3. Who are Bianca and Marta?
(a) Leda's aunts.
(b) Leda's sisters.
(c) Leda's daughters.
(d) Leda's best friends.

4. What is Leda's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Illustrator.
(d) Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?

2. How old does Leda think the pregnant member of the Neapolitan family is?

3. What does the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman carry around with her at the beach?

4. Who does Leda recall in Chapter 3 as having a tendency to fall “in love with lean, nervous boys” (11)?

5. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?

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