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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Professor Hardy Leda's essay?
(a) Leda sent it to him.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Gianni.
(d) Leda's professor.

2. What subject does Leda teach?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Law.
(d) English Literature.

3. How does Leda feel after speaking with her daughter when she calls after the pinecone incident in Chapter 7?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) At peace.

4. What does Leda imagine doing with Elena the next day at the beach as she drives home in Chapter 11?
(a) Playing with her doll.
(b) Building a sandcastle.
(c) Swimming together.
(d) Eating ice cream.

5. What does Leda learn happened when she wakes at the start of the novel?
(a) She lost her job.
(b) She nearly drowned.
(c) She drove into a guardrail.
(d) Her daughter died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda tell Nina she felt "more useless and desperate without...than with" (72)?

2. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?

3. How long after she met the hitchhikers did Leda leave her family?

4. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?

5. What does it appear Nina and her husband argue about at the end of Chapter 9?

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