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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 did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?
2. What does Leda dislike about the way Nina and Elena play with the doll?
3. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?
4. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
5. What does Leda find near her spot on the beach after swimming to ease her back pain at the end of Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Leda suspect after seeing Giovanni at the bar playing cards with his friends?
2. 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?
3. What conversation topic do Gino and Leda settle on while having dinner in Chapter 12? What does Gino know about Nina and her family, which he shares with Leda over dinner?
4. Who was Florinda? What memory of Florinda is recalled in Chapter 13?
5. How did Leda's view of Nina change on the first Saturday of her vacation after the beach grew crowded at the end of Chapter 1?
6. What does Leda think her daughters would do if they saw her walking with Gino? Why?
7. How did Leda sometimes behave when her daughters brought boyfriends over when they were teens?
8. Which of the Neapolitans is the first to speak directly to Leda in Chapter 7? Describe their interaction.
9. 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?
10. How old was Leda when she had her first child? How did her life change after becoming a mother? In what way is that different from her husband's life after parenthood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the Neapolitan family has on the story. What does this family represent and how do they develop the themes of the story?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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