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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Florinda?
(a) The woman with whom Gianni had an affair.
(b) Nina's mother.
(c) Leda's mother.
(d) One of Marta's beautiful friends.

2. What is Nina's husband's name?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Toni.
(c) Andre.
(d) Ricci.

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

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

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) Household cleaning products.
(d) Childhood summer vacations.

6. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?
(a) She painted her finger nails.
(b) She cut her hair.
(c) She colored on her with marker.
(d) She drew a mustache on her face.

7. What does Leda find near her spot on the beach after swimming to ease her back pain at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) A wad of cash.
(b) Elena's doll.
(c) A dead cicada.
(d) Elena's hat.

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

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

10. How old was Leda when she had her first child?
(a) 41.
(b) 32.
(c) 23.
(d) 18.

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

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

13. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?
(a) They would tuck her in to sleep.
(b) They would change her outfits.
(c) They would pretend to feed her.
(d) They would brush her teeth and hair.

14. 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) She has nothing to wear.
(b) Her hairdresser ruined her hair.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend will be there.
(d) Everyone will think Bianca is prettier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?

2. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?

3. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?

4. What was one reason Leda allowed her daughters to play with her as if she were a doll?

5. What happened to Leda's ex-husband's career after they had children?

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