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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 does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?
(a) She dips her feet in the water.
(b) She packs her things in a fury and leaves.
(c) She reads and stops watching them.
(d) She goes to the bar for a drink.

2. How did Leda feel about her mother?
(a) She was tender.
(b) She was neglectful.
(c) She was too controlling.
(d) She was very unhappy.

3. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) His drunkeness.
(b) Money.
(c) Elena.
(d) Their guests.

4. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?
(a) She is even more beautiful than she thought.
(b) She is not as young or beautiful as she had thought.
(c) She looks like her mother.
(d) She appears depressed.

5. Who joins the Neapolitan family at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Nina's parents.
(b) Nina's husband.
(c) Nina's grandparents.
(d) Nina's siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Leda apologizes to Rosaria for not moving, what does Rosaria say is not always good for people?

2. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?

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

4. What day of Leda's vacation does the beach become crowded?

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

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