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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. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?
(a) She nearly drowned.
(b) She drove into a guardrail.
(c) She lost her job.
(d) Her daughter died.

2. What does Gino tell Leda he is studying at school when she sees him in Chapter 12?
(a) Math.
(b) Law.
(c) Science.
(d) Literature.

3. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?
(a) Her old doll.
(b) A cat.
(c) A new stuffed animal.
(d) A new dress.

4. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
(a) A hospital.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Her hotel room.
(d) Her mother's home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?

2. What does Nina tell Leda Elena was wearing at the start of Chapter 10?

3. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?

4. What subject does Leda teach?

5. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How old was Leda when she had her first child? How did her life change after becoming a mother? In what way is that different from her husband's life after parenthood?

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

5. Who is Giovanni? Describe Leda's first interaction with him when she arrives at her vacation apartment.

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

7. How did Leda sometimes behave when her daughters brought boyfriends over when they were teens?

8. How is Leda's mother portrayed when Leda was a child?

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

10. What did Leda think of Gino when she first met him? Which of her daughters did she think would like him most?

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