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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 19 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?
(a) Gino.
(b) Gianni.
(c) Gerardo.
(d) Giovanni.

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 allowed Elena to get away with behaving rudely.
(d) She felt Nina did not pay enough attention to Elena.

3. Who does Leda recall in Chapter 3 as having a tendency to fall “in love with lean, nervous boys” (11)?
(a) Leda as a young girl.
(b) Leda's sister.
(c) Marta.
(d) Bianca.

4. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
(a) She grabbed her things and left.
(b) She sternly said no.
(c) She spit on them.
(d) She apologized and said of course.

5. What does Leda recall Bianca doing when she was 5 and Leda was working on an essay?
(a) Coloring all over her work.
(b) Screaming in her ear.
(c) Slapping her on the ear.
(d) Tearing up her work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?

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

3. What does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?

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

5. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?

(see the answer key)

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