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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pays for Leda's coffee at the beach house bar in Chapter 23?
(a) Toni.
(b) Gino.
(c) Rosaria.
(d) Giovanni.

2. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?
(a) Nina.
(b) Marta.
(c) Bianca.
(d) Rosaria.

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

4. In what way does Leda feel she is to Nina what Brenda was to her?
(a) She can help Nina's career.
(b) Leda is lost like Brenda.
(c) She represents freedom from her life.
(d) Nina took her in for a night.

5. How old is Giovanni?
(a) 22.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 69.

6. What does Leda tell Nina she should do with her life?
(a) Go back to University.
(b) Accept her role as wife and mother.
(c) Have affairs but do not get caught.
(d) Take some time away from her family to figure out what she wants.

7. Who walks Leda home after the dance party in Chapter 23?
(a) Gino.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Nina.
(d) Toni.

8. Why is Leda annoyed at the movie she attends in Chapter 23?
(a) A man next to her is eating loudly.
(b) The movie is boring.
(c) A group of loud boys enter.
(d) She has to sit in the back and cannot see well.

9. With whom did Gianni have an affair after he and Leda split up?
(a) Leda's aunt.
(b) Bianca's friend's mother.
(c) Marta's teacher.
(d) Lucilla.

10. What happened after Leda and Professor Hardy had dinner after the conference?
(a) He offered her a high paying job.
(b) He told her he would mentor her.
(c) They began an affair.
(d) He asked her to leave her family and run away with him.

11. What does Nina tell Leda she wants when they discuss whether she really wants to use Nina's apartment to be with Gino?
(a) She just wants Toni to love her.
(b) She does not know what she wanted.
(c) She is afraid to say no to Gino.
(d) She just wants an escape.

12. Why is Leda unable to return Elena's doll at the start of Chapter 14 as initially planned?
(a) Nina's family left.
(b) She cannot find the doll.
(c) Leda is sick.
(d) The weather was no good for the beach.

13. What does Leda recall Bianca doing when she was 5 and Leda was working on an essay?
(a) Tearing up her work.
(b) Screaming in her ear.
(c) Coloring all over her work.
(d) Slapping her on the ear.

14. How old is Giovanni's oldest son?
(a) 13.
(b) 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 22.

15. Why is Leda angry at herself the morning after Giovanni came to her apartment?
(a) She did not offer him dessert.
(b) She left the doll out for him to see.
(c) She forgot to pay him for the food.
(d) She drank too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leda angry at herself for discussing at the start of Chapter 15?

2. What does Leda remove from Nani's mouth while in her apartment bathroom?

3. Where did Leda go for two months the first time she left her family?

4. How long after she met the hitchhikers did Leda leave her family?

5. What does Nina ask Leda when she calls on Sunday close to midnight in Chapter 25?

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