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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leda give to Nina while she is in her apartment at the end of the story?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) Nani's doll clothes.
(c) Nani.
(d) A bottle of wine.

3. What would Leda's daughters say whenever she tried to discuss the years she left them?
(a) They could never forgive her.
(b) They loved living with their father.
(c) They missed her everyday.
(d) They did not remember.

4. What does Leda say she lived with during the three years she was away from her daughters?
(a) An unbearable absence.
(b) A brilliant man.
(c) Guilt for feeling so free.
(d) An unshakeable shame.

5. What does Leda bring to the beach with her the morning after she took sleeping pills and slept well in Chapter 18?
(a) Her old doll Mina.
(b) The doll and the new clothes.
(c) Two bottles of wine.
(d) Homemade brownies.

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

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 is Leda annoyed at the movie she attends in Chapter 23?
(a) She has to sit in the back and cannot see well.
(b) A group of loud boys enter.
(c) The movie is boring.
(d) A man next to her is eating loudly.

9. What did Leda tell her husband after their vacation with Lucilla?
(a) She was having an affair with Lucilla's husband.
(b) She wanted to send her kids to live with Lucilla and Matteo.
(c) She never wanted to see Lucilla again.
(d) She thought he would be better off with Lucilla.

10. How did Leda's professor convince her to go to the conference he invited her to when her children were young?
(a) He told her she could be a guest speaker.
(b) He spoke to her husband and convinced him to allow her to go.
(c) He found a baby-sitter for her children.
(d) He secured funding for her trip.

11. How much time did Leda spend away from her daughters and husband?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

13. What does Leda tell Nina you have to do sometimes "in order not to die" (43)?
(a) Scream.
(b) Fight.
(c) Lie.
(d) Escape.

14. Who dances with "a serious intensity" (79) at a dancing party in Chapter 23?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Nina.
(c) Gino.
(d) Rosaria.

15. What does Leda say when Giovanni asks about the doll in her apartment?
(a) She says she found it and wanted to clean it before giving it back to Elena.
(b) She says she stole it from the child.
(c) She says she has no idea how it got there.
(d) She says it is her good luck charm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?

2. What does Leda go shopping for at the start of Chapter 14?

3. How did Lucilla behave toward Leda while their families vacationed together?

4. How does Giovanni look as he stands near Nina's family at the dance party in Chapter 23?

5. What does Rosaria tell Toni that Leda does while on the beach?

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