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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 does Leda feel her daughters often blame her for?
3. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?
4. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?
5. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Nina at the start of Chapter 10 and who is she searching for?
2. Why does Leda say that strangers are helpful in situations such as Nina losing Elena on the beach?
3. 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?
4. How did Leda sometimes behave when her daughters brought boyfriends over when they were teens?
5. 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?
6. What does Leda suspect after seeing Giovanni at the bar playing cards with his friends?
7. How is Leda's mother portrayed when Leda was a child?
8. Who is Giovanni? Describe Leda's first interaction with him when she arrives at her vacation apartment.
9. 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?
10. Where did Bianca and Marta recently move? With whom? How did Leda feel about their absence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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