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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Who tells Leda over the phone that Canada is “an uninhabitable country, both winter and summer” (21).

3. How does Giovanni behave when Leda sees him playing cards with a group of friends at the bar in Chapter 7?

4. What does Nina tell Leda Elena was wearing at the start of Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leda say that strangers are helpful in situations such as Nina losing Elena on the beach?

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

3. Where does Leda wake up at the start of Chapter 1? Why? Who is there with her?

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

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

6. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?

7. How does Elena appear to Leda when she gets a closer look at her as she plays with her doll near Leda while her mother walks with her father in Chapter 9?

8. Where does Leda recall never looking when she lost Bianca on the beach? What does Leda recall doing when she was lost as a little girl? What was Elena doing when Leda found her?

9. In what ways did Leda's life change after her daughters moved away?

10. What did Leda think of Gino when she first met him? Which of her daughters did she think would like him most?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the story. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of The Lost Daughter. How does the structure speak to Leda's state of mind? What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.

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