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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of insect does Leda find on her pillow when trying to sleep the first night in her apartment?
(a) Fly.
(b) Cicada.
(c) Spider.
(d) Mosquito.

2. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) The years she left her daughters.
(b) Her divorce.
(c) Her current mental anguish.
(d) Her work to much.

3. 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) The sun.
(c) Escape.
(d) Her child.

4. 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) Elena's birthday.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) Nina's graduation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?

2. What did Leda once give to Bianca to ease her jealously of her new sister?

3. How old was Nina when she had Elena?

4. What does Leda tell Nina happened to her as a mother after she returned to her daughters?

5. What happened after Leda and Professor Hardy had dinner after the conference?

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