View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman carry around with her at the beach?
(a) A parasol.
(b) A shovel and pail.
(c) A pacifier.
(d) A baby doll.

3. Whose eyes does Leda realize she had been viewing the world through more than her own?
(a) Her daughters.
(b) Her ex husbands.
(c) Her students.
(d) Her mothers.

4. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 3 or 4.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 6 or 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?

2. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?

3. How old is Leda at the start of the story?

4. How did Leda feel about her mother?

5. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample