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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Leda go for two months the first time she left her family?
(a) America.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) Greece.

2. Where did Gianni's family have a home to which they often vacationed when the girls were young?
(a) Florence.
(b) Palermo.
(c) Naples.
(d) Calabrese.

3. What does Leda say when Giovanni asks about the doll in her apartment?
(a) She says she found it and wanted to clean it before giving it back to Elena.
(b) She says she has no idea how it got there.
(c) She says she stole it from the child.
(d) She says it is her good luck charm.

4. What does Nina do in the apartment which reminds Leda of her mother and grandmother?
(a) She hurls insults at Leda.
(b) She speaks with a gentle cadence.
(c) She cooks a Neapolitan dinner.
(d) She laughs and jokes.

5. What does Rosaria tell Toni that Leda does while on the beach?
(a) Steals toys from little girls.
(b) Works.
(c) Watches them.
(d) Sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leda find near her spot on the beach after swimming to ease her back pain at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?

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

4. Why is Leda unable to return Elena's doll at the start of Chapter 14 as initially planned?

5. How did Leda's professor convince her to go to the conference he invited her to when her children were young?

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