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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 ask Leda when she calls on Sunday close to midnight in Chapter 25?

2. What does Leda remind Nina she had said as Leda is discussing allowing Nina to use her apartment with Gino?

3. Who does Leda watch "in the distance" (75) at the beach at the start of Chapter 23?

4. What does Leda recall Bianca doing when she was 5 and Leda was working on an essay?

5. What does Leda say she lived with during the three years she was away from her daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leda say when Nina asked why she left her daughters?

2. In what way was Leda's first pregnancy different from her mother's and other relative's?

3. Why was Gianni angry with Leda when she returned from the conference? How did he feel about her newfound drive to work?

4. In what way does Leda feel she and Brenda are similar in Chapter 24?

5. What does Giovanni tell Leda about this life she he brings fish to her apartment in Chapter 20?

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

7. 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?

8. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?

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

10. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asks what her daughters were like as little girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.

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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