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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nina tell Leda she wants to do after Leda returns home?
(a) Write letters to Leda.
(b) Move to Florence with Leda.
(c) Visit Leda in Florence.
(d) Work with Leda.

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

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

4. How does Leda feel she looks when she arrives at her apartment after thinking she is being followed in Chapter 23?
(a) Older and too thin.
(b) Frightened and dazed.
(c) Plump and sexy.
(d) Young and refreshed.

5. Who is with Nina when she meets Leda at the fair?
(a) Gino.
(b) Elena.
(c) Toni.
(d) Rosaria.

6. How old is Giovanni's oldest son?
(a) 50.
(b) 13.
(c) 22.
(d) 35.

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

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

9. Why does Leda decide against calling her daughters at the start of Chapter 24?
(a) She feels they would only unload a list of demands.
(b) She thinks it is too late and does not want to wake them.
(c) She worries they will make her talk to their father.
(d) She has the feeling they do not want to hear from her anymore.

10. What does Leda recall marry men with whom she had affairs telling her at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) They never told her they were married.
(b) They said they would never leave their wives.
(c) They said they married too young.
(d) They said they would leave their wives for her.

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

12. What does Rosaria tell Toni that Leda does while on the beach?
(a) Steals toys from little girls.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Watches them.
(d) Works.

13. What did Leda say to her daughters after she returned to them and they did poorly in school?
(a) It is not their fault they are not bright.
(b) They were going to turn out like their grandmother.
(c) At least they are pretty.
(d) They get their brains from their father.

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

15. What excuse did Leda give to her professor when he invited her to a conference?
(a) She could not leave her daughters.
(b) She did not like that particular writer.
(c) Her husband would never let her.
(d) She could not afford it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nina upset to learn her husband is at the fair at the start of Chapter 22?

2. What does Nina tell Leda Elena has been doing since her father left in Chapter 14?

3. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta were too immersed in a game to play with Lucilla?

4. Who walks Leda home after the dance party in Chapter 23?

5. Why was Gianni upset with Leda when she returned from her conference?

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