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

2. Who is Florinda?
(a) Leda's mother.
(b) One of Marta's beautiful friends.
(c) The woman with whom Gianni had an affair.
(d) Nina's mother.

3. What does Leda say when Nina asks why she left her daughters?
(a) She loved them too much.
(b) She did not think she was a good mother to them.
(c) Gianni kicked her out.
(d) She could not stand them.

4. What does Leda imagine doing with Elena the next day at the beach as she drives home in Chapter 11?
(a) Swimming together.
(b) Building a sandcastle.
(c) Playing with her doll.
(d) Eating ice cream.

5. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?
(a) They did not speak Italian.
(b) The group did not like the Neapolitans.
(c) Gino was too busy to ask them himself.
(d) Gino felt that Leda owed them a favor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda feel her daughters often blame her for?

2. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?

3. How old is Giovanni's oldest son?

4. How much time did Leda spend away from her daughters and husband?

5. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?

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