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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 type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?
(a) Fly.
(b) Spider.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Cicada.

2. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Lela.
(b) Nina.
(c) Nora.
(d) Nala.

3. Why did Leda throw away the tray of fruit that awaited her in her vacation apartment?
(a) Some of it was rotten.
(b) They made her feel sick.
(c) She thought it might be poisoned.
(d) She hated fruit.

4. Who does Leda recall in Chapter 3 as having a tendency to fall “in love with lean, nervous boys” (11)?
(a) Leda's sister.
(b) Leda as a young girl.
(c) Marta.
(d) Bianca.

5. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?
(a) She nearly drowned.
(b) Her daughter died.
(c) She lost her job.
(d) She drove into a guardrail.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?

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

3. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?

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

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

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