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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hits Leda as she walks back to her apartment in Chapter 7 after first talking with Rosaria?
(a) A pine cone.
(b) A rock.
(c) A ball.
(d) A seashell.

2. How old was Leda when she had her second child?
(a) 43.
(b) 33.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

3. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?
(a) He admires Nina's husband.
(b) He is Elena's father.
(c) He likes Rosaria.
(d) He likes Nina.

4. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?
(a) The voices they use.
(b) The way they fight over the doll.
(c) They are getting the doll wet and dirty.
(d) The fact that the doll in makes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?

3. What is the daughter of the young Neapolitan mother's name?

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

5. What is Leda's profession?

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