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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 would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?
2. What excuse did Leda give to her professor when he invited her to a conference?
3. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?
4. What does Leda tell Nina you have to do sometimes "in order not to die" (43)?
5. Why was Leda upset that Gianni picked up hitchhikers on the ride to their vacation home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Leda avoid the beach at the start of Chapter 14? What does she buy instead? Who does Leda bump into while shopping? What are they shopping for?
2. In what way does Leda feel she and Brenda are similar in Chapter 24?
3. What answer does Leda give when Nina asks her why she kept the doll after knowing how tormented she was over it?
4. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?
5. What happens when Leda goes to the movies in Chapter 23?
6. What does Nina use to harm Leda at the end of the novel? What does Leda say when her daughters call?
7. Why is Leda so angry with herself after talking with Rosaria and Nina on their way to buy Elena a new doll?
8. What does Giovanni tell Leda about this life she he brings fish to her apartment in Chapter 20?
9. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?
10. What does Leda ask Elena when she bumps into her family outside the toy store in Chapter 14? How does Elena respond? What does Rosaria say should happen to the person who took Elena's doll?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a review of The Lost Daughter. Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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