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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 was Leda's ex-husband's profession?
2. What physical characteristic does Leda notice about Nina's husband as she watches them walk on the beach?
3. What secret does Gino tell Leda he knows about Nina?
4. Who is the author of The Lost Daughter?
5. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Leda's routine her first few days of vacation?
2. How does Rosaria help Leda when she notices the wound on her back?
3. What happens when Leda calls her daughters after getting hit with a pinecone? How does she feel after their conversation?
4. 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?
5. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?
6. What contentious interaction does Leda witness between Nina and her husband at the end of Chapter 9? What changes as a result of their interaction?
7. 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?
8. Where is Nina at the start of Chapter 10 and who is she searching for?
9. In what ways did Leda's life change after her daughters moved away?
10. What did Leda think of Nina when she first saw her on the beach?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Ferrante's decision to tell the story using first-person point-of-view from Leda's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Ferrante of The Lost Daughter. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Ferrante's language style and word choice in The Lost Daughter. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
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