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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the daughter of the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Lila.
(b) Elena.
(c) Lina.
(d) Eloise.

2. What day of Leda's vacation does the beach become crowded?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

3. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?
(a) Smack Leda.
(b) Leave the family.
(c) Kick Leda out of the house.
(d) Throw away all of Leda's toys.

4. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?
(a) Leda's lover.
(b) Leda's husband.
(c) Leda's mother.
(d) Leda's daughter.

5. Of what does the pine Leda smells on the path to the beach remind her?
(a) Camping with her daughters.
(b) Childhood summer vacations.
(c) Her first house with her husband.
(d) Household cleaning products.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?

2. What does the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman carry around with her at the beach?

3. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?

4. Where does Leda's ex husband live?

5. Who is the young male worker who helps set Leda's space for her on the beach every day?

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