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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Professor Hardy Leda's essay?
(a) Gianni.
(b) Leda sent it to him.
(c) Leda's professor.
(d) Brenda.

2. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?
(a) Leda's lover.
(b) Leda's husband.
(c) Leda's daughter.
(d) Leda's mother.

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

4. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) Leave the house.
(b) Apologize to Marta.
(c) Sweep and mop her floor.
(d) Give her money.

5. Who is Corrado?
(a) Marta's boyfriend.
(b) Bianca's professor.
(c) Leda's lover.
(d) Rosaria's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Leda upset that Gianni picked up hitchhikers on the ride to their vacation home?

2. What does Giovanni describe, which Leda called a pupatella?

3. How did Marta behave after Leda's interaction with Florinda, as remembered in Chapter 13?

4. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?

5. What does Elena tell Leda about her doll?

(see the answer key)

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