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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Swimming together.
(c) Eating ice cream.
(d) Building a sandcastle.

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

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

5. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 1 or 2.

6. What gift does Nina's husband bring to her when she first arrives?
(a) A straw hat.
(b) A tote bag.
(c) A silver necklace.
(d) A bathing suit cover up.

7. Where does Leda's ex husband live?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Canada.
(c) America.
(d) Argentina.

8. What does Gino tell Leda he is studying at school when she sees him in Chapter 12?
(a) Math.
(b) Literature.
(c) Law.
(d) Science.

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

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

11. Who joins the Neapolitan family at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Nina's parents.
(b) Nina's siblings.
(c) Nina's husband.
(d) Nina's grandparents.

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

13. Who told Leda she was “less distracted, more generous” (7) after her children moved?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Her housemaid.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A colleague.

14. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?
(a) Work.
(b) Money.
(c) Children.
(d) Spouses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?

2. What does Leda feel her daughters often blame her for?

3. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?

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. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?

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