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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 does Giovanni describe, which Leda called a pupatella?

2. What surprised Leda during Professor Hardy's speech at the conference she attended with her professor?

3. What does Gino tell Leda they will need to give to Giovanni to keep their secret?

4. What does Nina ask Leda when she calls on Sunday close to midnight in Chapter 25?

5. What does Nina tell Leda she wants to do after Leda returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lucilla? How did Leda's daughters feel about Lucilla? How did Leda feel about Lucilla?

2. How did meeting the hitchhikers change Leda?

3. What memory does Leda recall from when Bianca was 5 and Marta was 3 and she was trying to write an essay?

4. Who does Nina think stole Elena's doll?

5. Why is Leda so angry with herself after talking with Rosaria and Nina on their way to buy Elena a new doll?

6. Why is Nina upset when she sees her husband at the start of Chapter 22 while she is at the fair talking with Leda? How does she act when she greets him?

7. What life changing thing happened when Leda attended the E.M. Forster conference?

8. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?

9. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?

10. How did Leda treat Marta during vacation when she sought comfort from her mother when Lucilla and Bianca left her out of a game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the setting of The Lost Daughter. In what ways does the setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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