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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 dances with "a serious intensity" (79) at a dancing party in Chapter 23?
(a) Gino.
(b) Rosaria.
(c) Nina.
(d) Giovanni.

2. Who gave Professor Hardy Leda's essay?
(a) Leda sent it to him.
(b) Leda's professor.
(c) Gianni.
(d) Brenda.

3. What does Leda tell her daughters whey they say she should have called to tell them she is alive?
(a) I don't know anymore.
(b) I'm gravely injured, but I'll live.
(c) I'm alive and well.
(d) I'm dead, but fine.

4. What does Nina tell Leda Elena has been doing since her father left in Chapter 14?
(a) Torturing her.
(b) Asking when her father will return.
(c) Refusing to speak.
(d) Crying.

5. What does Elena tell Leda about her doll?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has a broken leg.
(d) She is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leda do when Marta came to her for comfort after Lucilla left her out of a game?

2. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?

3. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta were too immersed in a game to play with Lucilla?

4. What would Leda's daughters say whenever she tried to discuss the years she left them?

5. Why did Leda drag her daughters to a pay phone when she returned from the conference?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Nina upset when she sees her husband at the start of Chapter 22 while she is at the fair talking with Leda? How does she act when she greets him?

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

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

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

6. What life changing thing happened when Leda attended the E.M. Forster conference?

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

8. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?

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

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

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