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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. Who joins the Neapolitan family at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Nina's husband.
(b) Nina's grandparents.
(c) Nina's siblings.
(d) Nina's parents.

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

3. What was one reason Leda allowed her daughters to play with her as if she were a doll?
(a) Her mother never let her do that.
(b) It annoyed their father.
(c) She hated it, but was too tired to say no.
(d) She thought it was fun.

4. How old was Leda when she had her second child?
(a) 25.
(b) 19.
(c) 43.
(d) 33.

5. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?
(a) They are made of money.
(b) They are the salt of the earth.
(c) They are super annoying.
(d) They are bad people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?

3. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?

4. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?

5. What does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Leda's view of Nina change on the first Saturday of her vacation after the beach grew crowded at the end of Chapter 1?

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. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?

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