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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. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?

2. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?

3. Who joins the Neapolitan family at the start of Chapter 6?

4. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?

5. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who joins the Neapolitans in Chapter 6? How does this impact other bathers on the beach?

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

3. What did Leda think of Nina when she first saw her on the beach?

4. What does Leda suspect after seeing Giovanni at the bar playing cards with his friends?

5. Who is Giovanni? Describe Leda's first interaction with him when she arrives at her vacation apartment.

6. 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?

7. What was Leda's routine her first few days of vacation?

8. Why did Leda give her childhood doll to Bianca when she was young? What toy did Bianca prefer to the doll Leda gave to her?

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

10. How does Leda decide she will return Elena's doll as she drives back to her apartment at the start of Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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