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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Leda apologizes to Rosaria for not moving, what does Rosaria say is not always good for people?
(a) Cake.
(b) Parties.
(c) The sea.
(d) Reading.

2. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Around 20.
(b) Mid 30s.
(c) Late 40s.
(d) Late 20s.

3. What subject does Leda teach?
(a) English Literature.
(b) Law.
(c) Math.
(d) Science.

4. What day of Leda's vacation does the beach become crowded?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

5. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?
(a) An enormous gash.
(b) An inexplicable lesion.
(c) A bizarre bruise.
(d) A tiny scrape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?

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 ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?

4. Which of the Neapolitans does Gino tell Leda he likes the least?

5. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elena appear to Leda when she gets a closer look at her as she plays with her doll near Leda while her mother walks with her father in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Leda recall never looking when she lost Bianca on the beach? What does Leda recall doing when she was lost as a little girl? What was Elena doing when Leda found her?

3. What happens when Leda calls her daughters after getting hit with a pinecone? How does she feel after their conversation?

4. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?

5. Which of the Neapolitans is the first to speak directly to Leda in Chapter 7? Describe their interaction.

6. What childhood memories returned to Leda as she drives in Chapter 1 and pictures seeing a red flag on an empty beach?

7. How does Leda decide she will return Elena's doll as she drives back to her apartment at the start of Chapter 11?

8. Why does Leda say that strangers are helpful in situations such as Nina losing Elena on the beach?

9. Why did Leda give her childhood doll to Bianca when she was young? What toy did Bianca prefer to the doll Leda gave to her?

10. In what ways do the Neapolitans remind Leda of her family?

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