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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Gino.
(c) Gianni.
(d) Gerardo.

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

3. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?
(a) Smack Leda.
(b) Throw away all of Leda's toys.
(c) Leave the family.
(d) Kick Leda out of the house.

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

5. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?
(a) Camping with her daughters.
(b) Her first house with her husband.
(c) Childhood summer vacations.
(d) Household cleaning products.

6. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?
(a) A bizarre bruise.
(b) An enormous gash.
(c) An inexplicable lesion.
(d) A tiny scrape.

7. Which of the Neapolitans does Gino tell Leda he likes the least?
(a) Elena.
(b) Toni.
(c) Rosaria.
(d) Nina.

8. 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.

9. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?
(a) They are the salt of the earth.
(b) They are super annoying.
(c) They are made of money.
(d) They are bad people.

10. What does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?
(a) She offers to take her to the doctor.
(b) She tells her she threw the pinecone at her.
(c) She gets ice for it.
(d) She gets her ointment.

11. What does Leda tell Nina is "blinding" (27) after she found Elena in Chapter 10?
(a) Love.
(b) The sunshine.
(c) Anguish.
(d) Fury.

12. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?
(a) Nina.
(b) Mina.
(c) Bianca.
(d) Marta.

13. What secret does Gino tell Leda he knows about Nina?
(a) She wishes her daughter had never been born.
(b) She wants to complete her university studies.
(c) She is planning on leaving her husband.
(d) She hates Rosaria.

14. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Around 20.
(b) Late 40s.
(c) Late 20s.
(d) Mid 30s.

15. How old was Leda when she had her second child?
(a) 25.
(b) 43.
(c) 19.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?

2. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?

3. What does Elena call her doll?

4. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?

5. Who tells Leda over the phone that Canada is “an uninhabitable country, both winter and summer” (21).

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