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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. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
2. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
3. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?
4. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?
5. What does Leda imagine doing with Elena the next day at the beach as she drives home in Chapter 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?
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. How did Leda sometimes behave when her daughters brought boyfriends over when they were teens?
4. 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?
5. What happens when Leda calls her daughters after getting hit with a pinecone? How does she feel after their conversation?
6. Who joins the Neapolitans in Chapter 6? How does this impact other bathers on the beach?
7. In what ways do the Neapolitans remind Leda of her family?
8. 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?
9. Why did Leda allow her daughters to play with her like a doll?
10. What does Leda think her daughters would do if they saw her walking with Gino? Why?
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
Choose a character or symbol and discuss their/its role in creating conflict in 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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