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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nina looking for when Nina wakes up on the beach at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Elena.
(c) Nani.
(d) Her wallet.

2. How old is Rosaria?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 51.
(d) 42.

3. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?
(a) He would find some kids to play with her.
(b) He would admonish her mother for ignoring her child.
(c) He would play with her.
(d) He would not notice her.

4. 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.

5. What is the young Neapolitan mother's name?
(a) Nala.
(b) Nora.
(c) Lela.
(d) Nina.

6. How is the wound on Leda's left side described in Chapter 1?
(a) A tiny scrape.
(b) An enormous gash.
(c) A bizarre bruise.
(d) An inexplicable lesion.

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

8. Who is Florinda?
(a) The woman with whom Gianni had an affair.
(b) Leda's mother.
(c) One of Marta's beautiful friends.
(d) Nina's mother.

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

10. What is Nina's husband's name?
(a) Ricci.
(b) Toni.
(c) Andre.
(d) Eddie.

11. What is the name of the person who greeted Leda when she arrived at her vacation apartment?
(a) Alessandro.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Riccardo.
(d) Gianni.

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

13. What does Leda find near her spot on the beach after swimming to ease her back pain at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Elena's hat.
(b) Elena's doll.
(c) A wad of cash.
(d) A dead cicada.

14. How old does Leda think the pregnant member of the Neapolitan family is?
(a) Early 30s.
(b) Late teens.
(c) Around 40.
(d) Early 20s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Leda at the start of the story?

2. What is Leda's profession?

3. What subject do Leda and Gino settle on for discussion in Chapter 12?

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

5. Why does Leda's youngest daughter say she cannot go to the party she has been invited to when they speak in Chapter 7?

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