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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leda's profession?
(a) Illustrator.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Doctor.

2. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?
(a) Household cleaning products.
(b) Camping with her daughters.
(c) Childhood summer vacations.
(d) Her first house with her husband.

3. Who told Leda she was “less distracted, more generous” (7) after her children moved?
(a) Her housemaid.
(b) A colleague.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her ex-husband.

4. How does Giovanni behave when Leda sees him playing cards with a group of friends at the bar in Chapter 7?
(a) He is rude toward Leda.
(b) He is drunk and belligerent.
(c) He acts like he does not know Leda.
(d) He flirts with Leda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Bianca and Marta?

2. What gift does Nina's husband bring to her when she first arrives?

3. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?

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

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

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