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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?
(a) A tiny scrape.
(b) An inexplicable lesion.
(c) An enormous gash.
(d) A bizarre bruise.

2. What day of Leda's vacation does the beach become crowded?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

3. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?
(a) Red flag.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) A black cat.
(d) Dark clouds.

4. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?
(a) Alessandro.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Gianni.
(d) Riccardo.

5. How old is Leda at the start of the story?
(a) 27.
(b) 47.
(c) 57.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?

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

5. What begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?

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