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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprised Leda during Professor Hardy's speech at the conference she attended with her professor?
(a) Professor Hardy was incredibly handsome.
(b) Professor Hardy quoted her paper.
(c) Professor Hardy was extremely nervous.
(d) Professor Hardy seemed less intelligent than she imagined.

2. How does Giovanni look as he stands near Nina's family at the dance party in Chapter 23?
(a) Proud.
(b) Weak.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Frightened.

3. What does Leda tell Nina happened to her as a mother after she returned to her daughters?
(a) She felt an irreparable distance had grown between herself and her daughters.
(b) She resented her daughters for ruining her career.
(c) She gave up her career entirely to focus on motherhood.
(d) She lived more for her daughters than for herself.

4. What reason does Rosaria give to Leda for Nina and Elena's absence from the beach in Chapter 18?
(a) They went home early.
(b) Elena has a fever.
(c) Toni does not want them to go there anymore.
(d) Nina has a sunburn.

5. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) Her current mental anguish.
(b) Her work to much.
(c) Her divorce.
(d) The years she left her daughters.

6. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?
(a) She yelled at Marta for getting sand all over her.
(b) She yelled at Lucilla for being cruel.
(c) She invented a game to play with Marta.
(d) She read to Marta and rocked her to sleep.

7. What does Nina do in the apartment which reminds Leda of her mother and grandmother?
(a) She speaks with a gentle cadence.
(b) She hurls insults at Leda.
(c) She cooks a Neapolitan dinner.
(d) She laughs and jokes.

8. Why was Leda jealous of Lucilla?
(a) She looked like a model.
(b) Her daughters seemed to like her more than their mother.
(c) Her English was better.
(d) She wore expensive jewelry.

9. What did Elena do when Leda asked if she had found her doll?
(a) She cried.
(b) She told Leda she took the doll.
(c) She tried to hit Leda.
(d) She softly said no.

10. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?
(a) Marta.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Rosaria.
(d) Nina.

11. What does Leda tell her daughters whey they say she should have called to tell them she is alive?
(a) I'm gravely injured, but I'll live.
(b) I'm dead, but fine.
(c) I'm alive and well.
(d) I don't know anymore.

12. What does Leda say when Nina asks why she left her daughters?
(a) She could not stand them.
(b) She did not think she was a good mother to them.
(c) She loved them too much.
(d) Gianni kicked her out.

13. What does Nina tell Leda Elena has been doing since her father left in Chapter 14?
(a) Asking when her father will return.
(b) Crying.
(c) Refusing to speak.
(d) Torturing her.

14. What does Giovanni bring to Leda's apartment at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) A new dress.
(b) Fish.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) Flowers.

15. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta were too immersed in a game to play with Lucilla?
(a) She would admonish them for being selfish.
(b) She would point out their flaws.
(c) She would go to her room and sulk.
(d) She would sit with Leda and talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Leda and Professor Hardy had dinner after the conference?

2. What does Leda say when Giovanni asks about the doll in her apartment?

3. What does Leda tell Nina she felt "more useless and desperate without...than with" (72)?

4. Why was Leda worried Gianni would bring her daughters to her family in Naples after she left them?

5. What does Nina tell Leda she wants to do after Leda returns home?

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