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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Leda get upset with Florinda about?
(a) Stealing her daughter's boyfriend.
(b) Eating all her food.
(c) Being too loud.
(d) Dirtying her floor.

4. What does Leda bring to the beach with her the morning after she took sleeping pills and slept well in Chapter 18?
(a) Her old doll Mina.
(b) Two bottles of wine.
(c) The doll and the new clothes.
(d) Homemade brownies.

5. What does Leda do instead, after having the urge to tell Nina and Elena they do not know how to play?
(a) She dips her feet in the water.
(b) She packs her things in a fury and leaves.
(c) She reads and stops watching them.
(d) She goes to the bar for a drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda feel her daughters often blame her for?

2. What was Leda's ex-husband's profession?

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

4. Whose "gentle cadence" (13) did Nina's voice remind Leda?

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

(see the answer key)

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