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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. How does Leda feel after speaking with her daughter when she calls after the pinecone incident in Chapter 7?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) At peace.
(d) Relieved.

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?
(a) Her hairdresser ruined her hair.
(b) Everyone will think Bianca is prettier.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend will be there.
(d) She has nothing to wear.

3. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Nora.
(b) Lela.
(c) Nina.
(d) Nala.

4. Why did Leda throw away the tray of fruit that awaited her in her vacation apartment?
(a) Some of it was rotten.
(b) She hated fruit.
(c) She thought it might be poisoned.
(d) They made her feel sick.

5. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?
(a) They would brush her teeth and hair.
(b) They would tuck her in to sleep.
(c) They would change her outfits.
(d) They would pretend to feed her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elena doing when Leda finds her by the shore in Chapter 10?

2. What does Leda think about Nina when she gets a closer look at her after speaking with the Dutch family?

3. What does Leda tell Nina is "blinding" (27) after she found Elena in Chapter 10?

4. What does Elena call her doll?

5. What does Leda invite Gino to do with her when she runs into him in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leda suspect after seeing Giovanni at the bar playing cards with his friends?

2. What did Leda think of Nina when she first saw her on the beach?

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

4. Where does Leda wake up at the start of Chapter 1? Why? Who is there with her?

5. Who joins the Neapolitans in Chapter 6? How does this impact other bathers on the beach?

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

7. 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?

8. What happened when Leda found Bianca on the balcony with the doll she had given to her?

9. Who was Florinda? What memory of Florinda is recalled in Chapter 13?

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

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