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

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

3. How old does Leda think the pregnant member of the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Late teens.
(b) Early 20s.
(c) Around 40.
(d) Early 30s.

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

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?
(a) Her child.
(b) Escape.
(c) Other men.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who are Bianca and Marta?

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

5. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?

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