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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?
(a) The fact that the doll in makes.
(b) They are getting the doll wet and dirty.
(c) The way they fight over the doll.
(d) The voices they use.

2. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
(a) A hospital.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Her mother's home.
(d) Her hotel room.

3. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?
(a) Leda's mother.
(b) Leda's husband.
(c) Leda's lover.
(d) Leda's daughter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eyes does Leda realize she had been viewing the world through more than her own?

2. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?

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

4. Who told Leda she was “less distracted, more generous” (7) after her children moved?

5. 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?

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