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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 does Leda say she lived with during the three years she was away from her daughters?
(a) An unshakeable shame.
(b) Guilt for feeling so free.
(c) A brilliant man.
(d) An unbearable absence.

2. What did Leda do after Bianca interrupted her while she was writing an essay when Bianca was 5?
(a) Leda sent Bianca to her room.
(b) Leda slapped Bianca.
(c) Leda gave her paper and pencil so she could pretend to work.
(d) Leda told Bianca what she was writing and asked for her thoughts.

3. Who is Rosaria?
(a) Nina's mother-in-law.
(b) Nina's daughter.
(c) The pregnant woman.
(d) Elena's cousin.

4. What does Nina jab Leda with in her apartment at the end of the novel?
(a) A knife.
(b) A hat pin.
(c) Her keys.
(d) A pinecone.

5. What does Gino tell Leda about Nina's family when discussing how Leda refused to move for them on the beach?
(a) They are the salt of the earth.
(b) They are made of money.
(c) They are bad people.
(d) They are super annoying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Leda drag her daughters to a pay phone when she returned from the conference?

4. What does Nina say to her husband when she sees him at the fair?

5. What is Nina looking for when Nina wakes up on the beach at the start of Chapter 10?

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