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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Gino ask Leda to ask a group of bathers to move for the Neapolitans?
2. What did Bianca do to Mina, which angered Leda?
3. What does Leda think was the only thing the young Neapolitan mother desired as she watched her and her daughter play in the water in Chapter 4?
4. How old does Leda think the young mother in the Neapolitan family is?
5. Why do the Neapolitans ask other bathers to move their spots on the beach at the start of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Giovanni? Describe Leda's first interaction with him when she arrives at her vacation apartment.
2. How old was Leda when she had her first child? How did her life change after becoming a mother? In what way is that different from her husband's life after parenthood?
3. What happens when Leda calls her daughters after getting hit with a pinecone? How does she feel after their conversation?
4. What does Leda think her daughters would do if they saw her walking with Gino? Why?
5. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?
6. How did Leda's view of Nina change on the first Saturday of her vacation after the beach grew crowded at the end of Chapter 1?
7. How does Rosaria help Leda when she notices the wound on her back?
8. Which of the Neapolitans is the first to speak directly to Leda in Chapter 7? Describe their interaction.
9. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?
10. In what ways did Leda's life change after her daughters moved away?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character or symbol and discuss their/its role in creating conflict in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Ferrante's decision to tell the story using first-person point-of-view from Leda's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the hat pin as a symbol in The Lost Daughter. In what scenes does the hat pin appear? What is the context? How does the hat pin develop the narrative?
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