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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rosaria?
(a) Nina's daughter.
(b) Nina's mother-in-law.
(c) Elena's cousin.
(d) The pregnant woman.

2. What does Leda tell Nina is "blinding" (27) after she found Elena in Chapter 10?
(a) Love.
(b) The sunshine.
(c) Fury.
(d) Anguish.

3. What does Leda feel her daughters often blame her for?
(a) Their bad grades.
(b) Their bad taste in men.
(c) Their own suffering.
(d) Their parent's divorce.

4. What does Leda find near her spot on the beach after swimming to ease her back pain at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) A wad of cash.
(b) Elena's doll.
(c) A dead cicada.
(d) Elena's hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?

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

3. How did Leda feel about her mother?

4. What does Gino tell Leda he is studying at school when she sees him in Chapter 12?

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

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