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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?
(a) They are made of money.
(b) They are bad people.
(c) They are super annoying.
(d) They are the salt of the earth.

2. How old was Leda when she had her first child?
(a) 18.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 23.

3. What subject does Leda teach?
(a) Science.
(b) Law.
(c) English Literature.
(d) Math.

4. What does Leda bring to the beach with her the morning after she took sleeping pills and slept well in Chapter 18?
(a) Homemade brownies.
(b) Two bottles of wine.
(c) The doll and the new clothes.
(d) Her old doll Mina.

5. Why did Leda return to her family after she was gone for two months when the girls were young?
(a) To beg Gianni to take her back.
(b) To take the girls with her.
(c) To get her things.
(d) To sign divorce papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Leda unable to return Elena's doll at the start of Chapter 14 as initially planned?

2. How did Leda's professor convince her to go to the conference he invited her to when her children were young?

3. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?

4. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?

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

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