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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 is Leda's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Illustrator.
(d) Professor.

2. How old is Rosaria?
(a) 25.
(b) 42.
(c) 51.
(d) 18.

3. How old was Leda when she had her second child?
(a) 33.
(b) 43.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

4. What begins to irritate Leda as she watches Nina and Elena play on the beach?
(a) She felt Nina was playing the role of the beautiful mother for the benefit of the crowd.
(b) She felt Nina did not pay enough attention to Elena.
(c) She felt Nina allowed Elena to get away with behaving rudely.
(d) She felt Nina and Elena ignored their family.

5. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
(a) She grabbed her things and left.
(b) She sternly said no.
(c) She spit on them.
(d) She apologized and said of course.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?

2. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?

3. What does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?

4. What physical characteristic does Leda notice about Nina's husband as she watches them walk on the beach?

5. What is the daughter of the young Neapolitan mother's name?

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