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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Leda teach?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Law.
(d) English Literature.

2. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) They do not want people to hear them talking.
(b) The other bathers are too loud.
(c) To make space for their friends.
(d) They want to set up a volleyball net.

3. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A new stuffed animal.
(c) A cat.
(d) Her old doll.

4. How old is Rosaria?
(a) 51.
(b) 18.
(c) 42.
(d) 25.

5. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?
(a) Author.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Actor.

6. What does Elena tell Leda when she finds her by the water in Chapter 10?
(a) She cannot find her mom.
(b) She is afraid of her dad.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She lost her doll.

7. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Her mother's home.
(d) Her hotel room.

8. Who is the young male worker who helps set Leda's space for her on the beach every day?
(a) Gino.
(b) Gerardo.
(c) Gonzo.
(d) Jasper.

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

10. What happens when Leda kisses and hugs Nani in her apartment at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) The doll falls apart.
(b) The doll giggles.
(c) The doll hugs her back.
(d) The doll emits dark liquid.

11. How did Marta behave after Leda's interaction with Florinda, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) She was thankful to Leda.
(b) She would not speak to Leda.
(c) She was furious with Florinda.
(d) She acted as if nothing happened.

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

13. What is Elena doing when Leda finds her by the shore in Chapter 10?
(a) Kissing her doll.
(b) Crying.
(c) Talking to a stranger.
(d) Building a sandcastle.

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

15. What does Leda invite Gino to do with her when she runs into him in Chapter 12?
(a) Come to her apartment.
(b) Move to Florence with her.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Go to the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Leda's childhood doll?

2. How did Leda feel about her mother?

3. How does Giovanni behave when Leda sees him playing cards with a group of friends at the bar in Chapter 7?

4. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?

5. Who are Bianca and Marta?

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