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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) An inexplicable lesion.
(b) A bizarre bruise.
(c) A tiny scrape.
(d) An enormous gash.

2. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?
(a) They did not speak Italian.
(b) Gino felt that Leda owed them a favor.
(c) The group did not like the Neapolitans.
(d) Gino was too busy to ask them himself.

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

4. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?
(a) He would admonish her mother for ignoring her child.
(b) He would not notice her.
(c) He would play with her.
(d) He would find some kids to play with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosaria?

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

3. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?

4. What is Leda's profession?

5. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?

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