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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leda say when Nina asks why she left her daughters?
(a) She did not think she was a good mother to them.
(b) She could not stand them.
(c) She loved them too much.
(d) Gianni kicked her out.

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

3. What does Leda say when Giovanni asks about the doll in her apartment?
(a) She says it is her good luck charm.
(b) She says she found it and wanted to clean it before giving it back to Elena.
(c) She says she stole it from the child.
(d) She says she has no idea how it got there.

4. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta were too immersed in a game to play with Lucilla?
(a) She would admonish them for being selfish.
(b) She would sit with Leda and talk.
(c) She would point out their flaws.
(d) She would go to her room and sulk.

5. Why did Leda drag her daughters to a pay phone when she returned from the conference?
(a) To call Professor Hardy.
(b) To call Gianni when she was locked out of her apartment.
(c) To call her mother and ask if the girls could live with her.
(d) They could not afford their home phone anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leda watch "in the distance" (75) at the beach at the start of Chapter 23?

2. What does Nina jab Leda with in her apartment at the end of the novel?

3. How much time did Leda spend away from her daughters and husband?

4. What happened after Leda and Professor Hardy had dinner after the conference?

5. Who calls Leda while she is at the fair rummaging through clothes and antiques?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?

2. What does Leda tell Rosaria and Nina when Rosaria asks what her daughters were like as little girls?

3. What would Lucilla do if Bianca and Marta did not want to play with her?

4. What does Nina use to harm Leda at the end of the novel? What does Leda say when her daughters call?

5. Why was Gianni angry with Leda when she returned from the conference? How did he feel about her newfound drive to work?

6. In what way was Leda's first pregnancy different from her mother's and other relative's?

7. What happens when Leda goes to the movies in Chapter 23?

8. Who does Nina think stole Elena's doll?

9. Who is Lucilla? How did Leda's daughters feel about Lucilla? How did Leda feel about Lucilla?

10. How did meeting the hitchhikers change Leda?

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