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

2. Why would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?
(a) So they could study in peace.
(b) So she did not embarrass them in front of their friends.
(c) To throw parties.
(d) To have sex with boyfriends.

3. What does Leda do for Nina, which Gino tells her is kind?
(a) Found Elena's doll.
(b) Bought her a hatpin.
(c) Gave her parenting advice.
(d) Watched Elena for her.

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

5. What did Leda do when the pregnant Neapolitan woman suggested Leda move to accommodate them in Chapter 6?
(a) She grabbed her things and left.
(b) She apologized and said of course.
(c) She spit on them.
(d) She sternly said no.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nina tell Leda she wants when they discuss whether she really wants to use Nina's apartment to be with Gino?

3. Who does the Neapolitan family on the beach remind Leda of when she first notices them in Chapter 4?

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

5. Who does Leda notice at the fair just before Nina leaves her?

(see the answer key)

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