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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda remind Nina she had said as Leda is discussing allowing Nina to use her apartment with Gino?
(a) Nina had said she could not stand Elena.
(b) Nina had said she was afraid of Toni.
(c) Nina had said Gino was a fool.
(d) Nina had said she was happy with her husband.

2. What does Nina say has happened to Elena since she lost her doll?
(a) She has regressed.
(b) She refuses to eat.
(c) She seems more grown up.
(d) She has stopped speaking.

3. What does Leda tell Nina she felt "more useless and desperate without...than with" (72)?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her daughters.
(d) Her work.

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

5. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?
(a) She is even more beautiful than she thought.
(b) She is not as young or beautiful as she had thought.
(c) She looks like her mother.
(d) She appears depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leda notice at the fair just before Nina leaves her?

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

3. Who joins the Neapolitan family at the start of Chapter 6?

4. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?

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

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