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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 Nina tell Leda she wants when they discuss whether she really wants to use Nina's apartment to be with Gino?
2. What does Leda tell her daughters whey they say she should have called to tell them she is alive?
3. In what way does Leda feel Rosaria and Toni resemble one another?
4. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?
5. What does Nina say has happened to Elena since she lost her doll?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Leda during lunch in her apartment with Giovanni? How does Giovanni try to help?
2. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asks what her daughters were like as little girls?
3. What does Giovanni tell Leda about this life she he brings fish to her apartment in Chapter 20?
4. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?
5. What memory does Leda recall from when Bianca was 5 and Marta was 3 and she was trying to write an essay?
6. In what way does Giovanni think young people today are different from when he was young?
7. Who does Nina think stole Elena's doll?
8. How did Leda treat Marta during vacation when she sought comfort from her mother when Lucilla and Bianca left her out of a game?
9. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta did not want to play with her?
10. Why was Gianni angry with Leda when she returned from the conference? How did he feel about her newfound drive to work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character or symbol and discuss their/its role in creating conflict in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of The Lost Daughter. Who is she? What else has she written? How is The Lost Daughter similar or different from her previous works?
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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