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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toni say to Leda when he sees her at the fair?
(a) He asks if she is the one who stole the doll.
(b) He is happy Nina has found a friend.
(c) He asks her to keep away from his wife.
(d) It is nice that she has nothing to do.

2. What are the Neapolitan children handing out on the beach when Leda arrives at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Flyers for a concert.
(b) A flyer for the missing doll.
(c) Handmade crafts.
(d) Sunscreen.

3. 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) Plump and sexy.
(c) Frightened and dazed.
(d) Young and refreshed.

4. What does Leda remind Nina she had said as Leda is discussing allowing Nina to use her apartment with Gino?
(a) Nina had said she was happy with her husband.
(b) Nina had said she could not stand Elena.
(c) Nina had said she was afraid of Toni.
(d) Nina had said Gino was a fool.

5. What does Rosaria say should happen to the person who took Elena's doll?
(a) They should get brain cancer.
(b) They should get struck by lighting.
(c) They should have to take care of a crying three year old for life.
(d) They should drown in the ocean.

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

7. What did Leda's husband tell her when she called him after Professor Hardy's speech?
(a) He told her Marta had chicken pox.
(b) He told her Bianca had the flu.
(c) He told her their babysitter did not show up.
(d) He told her he needed her home immediately.

8. Why would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?
(a) To have sex with boyfriends.
(b) So they could study in peace.
(c) So she did not embarrass them in front of their friends.
(d) To throw parties.

9. What does Leda feel "reduced her to rotting matter without life" (75)?
(a) Her second pregnancy.
(b) Her job.
(c) Parenthood.
(d) Her marriage.

10. What did Brenda ask Leda for before they left after spending the night in Calabrese?
(a) Some food to take with them.
(b) A picture of her family.
(c) Something Leda had written.
(d) Some money to go back to her family.

11. In what way does Leda feel she is to Nina what Brenda was to her?
(a) She can help Nina's career.
(b) Leda is lost like Brenda.
(c) She represents freedom from her life.
(d) Nina took her in for a night.

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

13. How old is Giovanni?
(a) 69.
(b) 22.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

14. What does Leda see in the woods after she dials the number on the flyer in Chapter 18?
(a) Toni and Giovanni kissing.
(b) Nina and Corrado kissing.
(c) Gino and Nina kissing.
(d) Toni kissing a housekeeper.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 19, Leda reflects on a time her professor invited her to a conference on which writer?

3. What did Leda say to her daughters after she returned to them and they did poorly in school?

4. Who pays for Leda's coffee at the beach house bar in Chapter 23?

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

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