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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Elena Ferrante.
(b) Ann Goldstein.
(c) Elsa Morante.
(d) Anita Raja.

2. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?
(a) Marta.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Mina.
(d) Nina.

3. What did Leda sometimes do when Bianca or Marta brought boyfriends over their house?
(a) She flirted with them.
(b) She was cruel to them.
(c) She told her daughters boys were not allowed in the house.
(d) She made elaborate dinners.

4. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?
(a) She appears depressed.
(b) She looks like her mother.
(c) She is not as young or beautiful as she had thought.
(d) She is even more beautiful than she thought.

5. What is Leda's ex-husband's name?
(a) Gerardo.
(b) Gianni.
(c) Gino.
(d) Giovanni.

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

7. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?
(a) He would play with her.
(b) He would admonish her mother for ignoring her child.
(c) He would find some kids to play with her.
(d) He would not notice her.

8. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Nala.
(b) Nina.
(c) Lela.
(d) Nora.

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

10. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?
(a) Leda's mother.
(b) Leda's husband.
(c) Leda's daughter.
(d) Leda's lover.

11. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?
(a) They are bad people.
(b) They are made of money.
(c) They are the salt of the earth.
(d) They are super annoying.

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

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

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

15. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?
(a) The group did not like the Neapolitans.
(b) Gino was too busy to ask them himself.
(c) They did not speak Italian.
(d) Gino felt that Leda owed them a favor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?

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

3. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?

4. What does Gino tell Leda he is studying at school when she sees him in Chapter 12?

5. What does Elena tell Leda when she finds her by the water in Chapter 10?

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