2. What is Nina looking for when Nina wakes up on the beach at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her wallet.
(c) Nani.
(d) Elena.

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

4. What happened to Leda's ex-husband's career after they had children?
(a) It soared.
(b) He changed careers.
(c) He became unemployed.
(d) It stayed the same.

5. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?
(a) He likes Nina.
(b) He admires Nina's husband.
(c) He is Elena's father.
(d) He likes Rosaria.

6. What begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?
(a) She felt Nina did not pay enough attention to Elena.
(b) She felt Nina was playing the role of the beautiful mother for the benefit of the crowd.
(c) She felt Nina and Elena ignored their family.
(d) She felt Nina allowed Elena to get away with behaving rudely.

7. 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.

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

9. What hits Leda as she walks back to her apartment in Chapter 7 after first talking with Rosaria?
(a) A rock.
(b) A pine cone.
(c) A ball.
(d) A seashell.

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

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

12. How old is Leda at the start of the story?
(a) 57.
(b) 27.
(c) 47.
(d) 37.

13. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?
(a) Dark clouds.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) Red flag.
(d) A black cat.

14. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Money.
(b) His drunkeness.
(c) Elena.
(d) Their guests.

15. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?
(a) Her ex-husband's family.
(b) Some of her students.
(c) Her own family.
(d) Her neighbors back home.