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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 Leda angry at herself the morning after Giovanni came to her apartment?
(a) She did not offer him dessert.
(b) She forgot to pay him for the food.
(c) She left the doll out for him to see.
(d) She drank too much.

2. What does Nina say has happened to Elena since she lost her doll?
(a) She refuses to eat.
(b) She has regressed.
(c) She seems more grown up.
(d) She has stopped speaking.

3. What does Leda tell Nina happened to her as a mother after she returned to her daughters?
(a) She felt an irreparable distance had grown between herself and her daughters.
(b) She resented her daughters for ruining her career.
(c) She gave up her career entirely to focus on motherhood.
(d) She lived more for her daughters than for herself.

4. Why was Gianni upset with Leda when she returned from her conference?
(a) She did not tell him she would be gone for so long.
(b) She came back with a heir of superiority.
(c) She barely called despite having a sick child.
(d) She spent too much money while she was away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asked what Leda's daughters were like as little girls?

2. What does Rosaria tell Toni that Leda does while on the beach?

3. How does Giovanni look as he stands near Nina's family at the dance party in Chapter 23?

4. Who does Leda watch "in the distance" (75) at the beach at the start of Chapter 23?

5. What does Leda remind Nina she had said as Leda is discussing allowing Nina to use her apartment with Gino?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asks what her daughters were like as little girls?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Leda avoid the beach at the start of Chapter 14? What does she buy instead? Who does Leda bump into while shopping? What are they shopping for?

10. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta did not want to play with her?

(see the answer keys)

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