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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 say when Giovanni asks about the doll in her apartment?
(a) She says she has no idea how it got there.
(b) She says she found it and wanted to clean it before giving it back to Elena.
(c) She says she stole it from the child.
(d) She says it is her good luck charm.

2. Why is Leda annoyed at the movie she attends in Chapter 23?
(a) A man next to her is eating loudly.
(b) She has to sit in the back and cannot see well.
(c) The movie is boring.
(d) A group of loud boys enter.

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

4. What does Elena tell Leda about her doll?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She has a broken leg.

5. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?
(a) They are getting the doll wet and dirty.
(b) The fact that the doll in makes.
(c) The way they fight over the doll.
(d) The voices they use.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?

2. What does Leda tell Nina you have to do sometimes "in order not to die" (43)?

3. Who dances with "a serious intensity" (79) at a dancing party in Chapter 23?

4. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?

5. What does Leda buy for Nina and Elena at the fair?

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