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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 loved them too much.
(b) She did not think she was a good mother to them.
(c) Gianni kicked her out.
(d) She could not stand them.

2. Why does Leda decide against calling her daughters at the start of Chapter 24?
(a) She has the feeling they do not want to hear from her anymore.
(b) She feels they would only unload a list of demands.
(c) She worries they will make her talk to their father.
(d) She thinks it is too late and does not want to wake them.

3. Why was Gianni upset with Leda when she returned from her conference?
(a) She came back with a heir of superiority.
(b) She barely called despite having a sick child.
(c) She did not tell him she would be gone for so long.
(d) She spent too much money while she was away.

4. What did Leda tell her husband after their vacation with Lucilla?
(a) She thought he would be better off with Lucilla.
(b) She wanted to send her kids to live with Lucilla and Matteo.
(c) She never wanted to see Lucilla again.
(d) She was having an affair with Lucilla's husband.

5. Why was Leda worried Gianni would bring her daughters to her family in Naples after she left them?
(a) Leda was worried Gianni would not care for them if he had help.
(b) Leda had tried so hard to leave that part of herself behind.
(c) Leda was worried they would never want to leave Naples.
(d) Leda was worried her mother would spoil them too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Leda's daughters ask her to leave the apartment when they were teenagers?

2. With whom did Gianni have an affair after he and Leda split up?

3. What does Giovanni bring to Leda's apartment at the start of Chapter 20?

4. How did Leda's professor convince her to go to the conference he invited her to when her children were young?

5. Who is Corrado?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leda say when Nina asked why she left her daughters?

2. How did Leda treat Marta during vacation when she sought comfort from her mother when Lucilla and Bianca left her out of a game?

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

4. What does Giovanni tell Leda about this life she he brings fish to her apartment in Chapter 20?

5. Why does Leda avoid the beach at the start of Chapter 14? What does she buy instead? Who does Leda bump into while shopping? What are they shopping for?

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

7. What does Leda remind Nina that she had told her when discussing what she did in the woods with Gino?

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

9. Why is Leda so angry with herself after talking with Rosaria and Nina on their way to buy Elena a new doll?

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

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