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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) Relieved.
(b) At peace.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Annoyed.

2. What does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?
(a) She offers to take her to the doctor.
(b) She gets ice for it.
(c) She tells her she threw the pinecone at her.
(d) She gets her ointment.

3. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) Give her money.
(b) Sweep and mop her floor.
(c) Leave the house.
(d) Apologize to Marta.

4. What does Elena tell Leda when she finds her by the water in Chapter 10?
(a) She cannot find her mom.
(b) She wants to go home.
(c) She lost her doll.
(d) She is afraid of her dad.

5. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?
(a) Throw away all of Leda's toys.
(b) Smack Leda.
(c) Kick Leda out of the house.
(d) Leave the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Bianca and Marta?

2. 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?

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

4. How old is Leda at the start of the story?

5. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is Nina at the start of Chapter 10 and who is she searching for?

4. Where did Bianca and Marta recently move? With whom? How did Leda feel about their absence?

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Leda allow her daughters to play with her like a doll?

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

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