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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 remove from Nani's mouth while in her apartment bathroom?
(a) A worm.
(b) A baby bottle.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A crayon.

2. Why was Leda jealous of Lucilla?
(a) She wore expensive jewelry.
(b) Her daughters seemed to like her more than their mother.
(c) She looked like a model.
(d) Her English was better.

3. What does Leda buy for Nina and Elena at the fair?
(a) A new doll.
(b) A hat pin.
(c) An ice cream.
(d) A blanket.

4. What does Leda recall Bianca doing when she was 5 and Leda was working on an essay?
(a) Coloring all over her work.
(b) Screaming in her ear.
(c) Tearing up her work.
(d) Slapping her on the ear.

5. What does Nina tell Leda she wants when they discuss whether she really wants to use Nina's apartment to be with Gino?
(a) She just wants Toni to love her.
(b) She does not know what she wanted.
(c) She just wants an escape.
(d) She is afraid to say no to Gino.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason does Rosaria give to Leda for Nina and Elena's absence from the beach in Chapter 18?

3. Why would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?

4. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nina use to harm Leda at the end of the novel? What does Leda say when her daughters call?

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

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

4. What happens to Leda during lunch in her apartment with Giovanni? How does Giovanni try to help?

5. In what way does Leda feel she and Brenda are similar in Chapter 24?

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

7. What does Leda remind Nina that she had told her when discussing what she did in the woods with Gino?

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

9. What does Leda ask Elena when she bumps into her family outside the toy store in Chapter 14? How does Elena respond? What does Rosaria say should happen to the person who took Elena's doll?

10. Who is Lucilla? How did Leda's daughters feel about Lucilla? How did Leda feel about Lucilla?

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