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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 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 flirted with them.
(c) She was cruel to them.
(d) She made elaborate dinners.

2. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?
(a) A dead bird.
(b) Red flag.
(c) Dark clouds.
(d) A black cat.

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

4. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?
(a) A bizarre bruise.
(b) An inexplicable lesion.
(c) A tiny scrape.
(d) An enormous gash.

5. How old is Leda at the start of the story?
(a) 37.
(b) 47.
(c) 27.
(d) 57.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?

2. Who is the young male worker who helps set Leda's space for her on the beach every day?

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

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

5. How does Giovanni behave when Leda sees him playing cards with a group of friends at the bar in Chapter 7?

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