2. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?
(a) Childhood summer vacations.
(b) Camping with her daughters.
(c) Household cleaning products.
(d) Her first house with her husband.

3. 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.

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

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

6. What was one reason Leda allowed her daughters to play with her as if she were a doll?
(a) She thought it was fun.
(b) Her mother never let her do that.
(c) She hated it, but was too tired to say no.
(d) It annoyed their father.

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

8. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?
(a) She lost her job.
(b) She drove into a guardrail.
(c) Her daughter died.
(d) She nearly drowned.

9. Who are Bianca and Marta?
(a) Leda's aunts.
(b) Leda's sisters.
(c) Leda's best friends.
(d) Leda's daughters.

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

11. 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.

12. What day of Leda's vacation does the beach become crowded?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

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

14. What is the daughter of the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Lila.
(c) Eloise.
(d) Lina.

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