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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 secret does Gino tell Leda he knows about Nina?
(a) She wishes her daughter had never been born.
(b) She hates Rosaria.
(c) She is planning on leaving her husband.
(d) She wants to complete her university studies.

2. What is the daughter of the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Eloise.
(b) Lila.
(c) Elena.
(d) Lina.

3. What does Leda invite Gino to do with her when she runs into him in Chapter 12?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Come to her apartment.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Move to Florence with her.

4. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
(a) Elsa Morante.
(b) Elena Ferrante.
(c) Anita Raja.
(d) Ann Goldstein.

5. Where does Leda's ex husband live?
(a) America.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?

2. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?

3. What does Leda take before heading home from the beach in Chapter 10?

4. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?

5. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leda think her daughters would do if they saw her walking with Gino? Why?

3. 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?

4. What contentious interaction does Leda witness between Nina and her husband at the end of Chapter 9? What changes as a result of their interaction?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. In what ways did Leda's life change after her daughters moved away?

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