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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) To make space for their friends.
(b) They want to set up a volleyball net.
(c) They do not want people to hear them talking.
(d) The other bathers are too loud.

2. What subject do Leda and Gino settle on for discussion in Chapter 12?
(a) School.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Leda's children.
(d) Nina and her family.

3. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?
(a) Some of her students.
(b) Her own family.
(c) Her neighbors back home.
(d) Her ex-husband's family.

4. What was one reason Leda allowed her daughters to play with her as if she were a doll?
(a) She hated it, but was too tired to say no.
(b) It annoyed their father.
(c) Her mother never let her do that.
(d) She thought it was fun.

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) Tearing up her work.
(c) Screaming in her ear.
(d) Slapping her on the ear.

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. How did Leda feel about her mother?

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

5. What does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?

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