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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 Leda say when Nina asks why she left her daughters?
2. Why is Leda unable to return Elena's doll at the start of Chapter 14 as initially planned?
3. What reason does Rosaria give to Leda for Nina and Elena's absence from the beach in Chapter 18?
4. Who is Corrado?
5. Why is Leda angry at herself the morning after Giovanni came to her apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Leda decide that Elena probably put something inside of her doll? What does she find?
2. How did meeting the hitchhikers change Leda?
3. What does Gino ask of Leda at the end of Chapter 23 after he walks her home from the dance?
4. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?
5. 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?
6. What does Giovanni tell Leda about this life she he brings fish to her apartment in Chapter 20?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What does Nina use to harm Leda at the end of the novel? What does Leda say when her daughters call?
10. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing the title The Lost Daughter. Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in The Lost Daughter. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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