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

2. Who is Rosaria?
(a) Nina's daughter.
(b) Elena's cousin.
(c) The pregnant woman.
(d) Nina's mother-in-law.

3. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asked what Leda's daughters were like as little girls?
(a) She left them.
(b) They were terrors.
(c) They were angels.
(d) Just like any other kids.

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

5. Why did Leda drag her daughters to a pay phone when she returned from the conference?
(a) To call Professor Hardy.
(b) They could not afford their home phone anymore.
(c) To call her mother and ask if the girls could live with her.
(d) To call Gianni when she was locked out of her apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elena tell Leda about her doll?

2. What does Leda bring to the beach with her the morning after she took sleeping pills and slept well in Chapter 18?

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

4. What did Leda's husband tell her when she called him after Professor Hardy's speech?

5. Why did Leda return to her family after she was gone for two months when the girls were young?

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