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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 does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?
(a) She goes to the bar for a drink.
(b) She reads and stops watching them.
(c) She packs her things in a fury and leaves.
(d) She dips her feet in the water.

2. Who tells Leda over the phone that Canada is “an uninhabitable country, both winter and summer” (21).
(a) Marta.
(b) Gianni.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Bianca.

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

4. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?
(a) She appears depressed.
(b) She looks like her mother.
(c) She is even more beautiful than she thought.
(d) She is not as young or beautiful as she had thought.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?

2. What happened to Leda's ex-husband's career after they had children?

3. Who does Gino say Nina's family blames for Elena's lost doll?

4. After Leda apologizes to Rosaria for not moving, what does Rosaria say is not always good for people?

5. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?

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