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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 13 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Marta behave after Leda's interaction with Florinda, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) She was thankful to Leda.
(b) She was furious with Florinda.
(c) She would not speak to Leda.
(d) She acted as if nothing happened.

2. What begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?
(a) She felt Nina and Elena ignored their family.
(b) She felt Nina was playing the role of the beautiful mother for the benefit of the crowd.
(c) She felt Nina did not pay enough attention to Elena.
(d) She felt Nina allowed Elena to get away with behaving rudely.

3. What did Leda sometimes do when Bianca or Marta brought boyfriends over their house?
(a) She told her daughters boys were not allowed in the house.
(b) She made elaborate dinners.
(c) She flirted with them.
(d) She was cruel to them.

4. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Their guests.
(b) Money.
(c) His drunkeness.
(d) Elena.

5. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Late 40s.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Around 20.
(d) Mid 30s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?

2. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?

3. What subject do Leda and Gino settle on for discussion in Chapter 12?

4. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?

5. Who tells Leda over the phone that Canada is “an uninhabitable country, both winter and summer” (21).

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