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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 begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?
(a) She felt Nina was playing the role of the beautiful mother for the benefit of the crowd.
(b) She felt Nina allowed Elena to get away with behaving rudely.
(c) She felt Nina and Elena ignored their family.
(d) She felt Nina did not pay enough attention to Elena.

2. What happened to Leda's ex-husband's career after they had children?
(a) It stayed the same.
(b) He became unemployed.
(c) It soared.
(d) He changed careers.

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

4. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Elena Ferrante.
(b) Anita Raja.
(c) Elsa Morante.
(d) Ann Goldstein.

5. What reason does Rosaria give to Leda for Nina and Elena's absence from the beach in Chapter 18?
(a) Nina has a sunburn.
(b) Elena has a fever.
(c) Toni does not want them to go there anymore.
(d) They went home early.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hits Leda as she walks back to her apartment in Chapter 7 after first talking with Rosaria?

2. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asked what Leda's daughters were like as little girls?

3. Why did Leda throw away the tray of fruit that awaited her in her vacation apartment?

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

5. What does the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman carry around with her at the beach?

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