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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. Why is Nina upset to learn her husband is at the fair at the start of Chapter 22?
(a) She had told him not to come back.
(b) He will blame her for Elena's mood.
(c) He was not supposed to be there until the next day.
(d) She thinks he is stalking her.

2. How long after she met the hitchhikers did Leda leave her family?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

3. What does Leda give to Nina while she is in her apartment at the end of the story?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Nani.
(d) Nani's doll clothes.

4. What would Leda's daughters say whenever she tried to discuss the years she left them?
(a) They loved living with their father.
(b) They did not remember.
(c) They missed her everyday.
(d) They could never forgive her.

5. In what way does Leda feel Rosaria and Toni resemble one another?
(a) They have solid, firm bodies.
(b) They are tall and slender.
(c) They are weak and scrawny.
(d) They have beautiful faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda see in the woods after she dials the number on the flyer in Chapter 18?

2. Who gave Professor Hardy Leda's essay?

3. Where did Gianni's family have a home to which they often vacationed when the girls were young?

4. Who dances with "a serious intensity" (79) at a dancing party in Chapter 23?

5. What does Nina say to her husband when she sees him at the fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?

2. What happens when Leda goes to the movies in Chapter 23?

3. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?

4. What does Leda say when Nina asked why she left her daughters?

5. What did Leda's daughters say to her about the years she left them?

6. Why was Gianni angry with Leda when she returned from the conference? How did he feel about her newfound drive to work?

7. In what way does Giovanni think young people today are different from when he was young?

8. What does Gino ask of Leda at the end of Chapter 23 after he walks her home from the dance?

9. How did Leda treat Marta during vacation when she sought comfort from her mother when Lucilla and Bianca left her out of a game?

10. Why is Leda so angry with herself after talking with Rosaria and Nina on their way to buy Elena a new doll?

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