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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?
(a) Money.
(b) Spouses.
(c) Work.
(d) Children.

3. Before Leda left the beach at the start of Chapter 7, what did the pregnant woman tell her she was celebrating?
(a) Her baby shower.
(b) Nina's graduation.
(c) Elena's birthday.
(d) Her birthday.

4. 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?
(a) Other men.
(b) Escape.
(c) Her child.
(d) The sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eyes does Leda realize she had been viewing the world through more than her own?

2. What is Leda's youngest daughter's name?

3. How does Leda feel after speaking with her daughter when she calls after the pinecone incident in Chapter 7?

4. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?

5. What did Leda's mother often threaten to do when Leda was young?

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