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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject do Leda and Gino settle on for discussion in Chapter 12?
(a) Leda's children.
(b) School.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Nina and her family.

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

3. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?
(a) Her ex-boyfriend will be there.
(b) Everyone will think Bianca is prettier.
(c) Her hairdresser ruined her hair.
(d) She has nothing to wear.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Nina's graduation.
(c) Elena's birthday.
(d) Her baby shower.

9. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) Sweep and mop her floor.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Apologize to Marta.
(d) Give her money.

10. What is Leda's youngest daughter's name?
(a) Marta.
(b) Laila.
(c) Marlina.
(d) Bianca.

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

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

13. What does Leda take before heading home from the beach in Chapter 10?
(a) Rosaria's purse.
(b) Elena's doll.
(c) Nina's hat.
(d) Gino's wallet.

14. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
(a) She sternly said no.
(b) She spit on them.
(c) She grabbed her things and left.
(d) She apologized and said of course.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gino say Nina's family blames for Elena's lost doll?

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

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

4. What happens when Leda kisses and hugs Nani in her apartment at the end of Chapter 13?

5. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?

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