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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 buy for Nina and Elena at the fair?
(a) A new doll.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A hat pin.
(d) An ice cream.

2. What excuse did Leda give to her professor when he invited her to a conference?
(a) Her husband would never let her.
(b) She could not afford it.
(c) She did not like that particular writer.
(d) She could not leave her daughters.

3. Who does Leda recall in Chapter 3 as having a tendency to fall “in love with lean, nervous boys” (11)?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Leda as a young girl.
(c) Marta.
(d) Leda's sister.

4. How did Lucilla behave toward Leda while their families vacationed together?
(a) She treated Leda like a child.
(b) She treated Leda as a confidant.
(c) She fawned over Leda.
(d) She ignored Leda.

5. Whose eyes does Leda realize she had been viewing the world through more than her own?
(a) Her ex husbands.
(b) Her students.
(c) Her daughters.
(d) Her mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Leda upset that Gianni picked up hitchhikers on the ride to their vacation home?

2. Who does Leda watch "in the distance" (75) at the beach at the start of Chapter 23?

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

4. Why did the hitchhiking couple leave their families behind?

5. What does Leda imagine doing with Elena the next day at the beach as she drives home in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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