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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leda make Florinda do, as remembered in Chapter 13?
(a) Give her money.
(b) Apologize to Marta.
(c) Sweep and mop her floor.
(d) Leave the house.

2. What ominous warning sign does Elena imagine as she drives at the start of the novel?
(a) Red flag.
(b) A black cat.
(c) Dark clouds.
(d) A dead bird.

3. In what way did Leda's daughters play with her as if she were a doll when they were young?
(a) They would tuck her in to sleep.
(b) They would change her outfits.
(c) They would brush her teeth and hair.
(d) They would pretend to feed her.

4. What happens when Leda kisses and hugs Nani in her apartment at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) The doll hugs her back.
(b) The doll emits dark liquid.
(c) The doll giggles.
(d) The doll falls apart.

5. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?
(a) He admires Nina's husband.
(b) He likes Nina.
(c) He is Elena's father.
(d) He likes Rosaria.

6. Who does Leda recall in Chapter 3 as having a tendency to fall “in love with lean, nervous boys” (11)?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Marta.
(c) Leda as a young girl.
(d) Leda's sister.

7. What does Leda tell Nina is "blinding" (27) after she found Elena in Chapter 10?
(a) Anguish.
(b) The sunshine.
(c) Love.
(d) Fury.

8. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 1 or 2.

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

10. What does Elena tell Leda when she finds her by the water in Chapter 10?
(a) She lost her doll.
(b) She is afraid of her dad.
(c) She cannot find her mom.
(d) She wants to go home.

11. What does Rosaria do after noticing the wound on Leda's back in Chapter 10?
(a) She gets ice for it.
(b) She tells her she threw the pinecone at her.
(c) She offers to take her to the doctor.
(d) She gets her ointment.

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

13. How did Leda feel about her mother?
(a) She was tender.
(b) She was too controlling.
(c) She was neglectful.
(d) She was very unhappy.

14. Who does Gino say Nina's family blames for Elena's lost doll?
(a) Nina.
(b) Leda.
(c) Elena.
(d) Rosaria.

15. Where does Leda's ex husband live?
(a) America.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Canada.
(d) The Netherlands.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Leda's oldest daughter's name?

4. Who are Bianca and Marta?

5. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?

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