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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. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
2. What is Leda's youngest daughter's name?
3. What happened to Leda's ex-husband's career after they had children?
4. What happens when Leda kisses and hugs Nani in her apartment at the end of Chapter 13?
5. What does Elena call her doll?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?
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. In what ways do the Neapolitans remind Leda of her family?
4. How is Leda's mother portrayed when Leda was a child?
5. Who joins the Neapolitans in Chapter 6? How does this impact other bathers on the beach?
6. Why did Leda give her childhood doll to Bianca when she was young? What toy did Bianca prefer to the doll Leda gave to her?
7. What happened when Leda found Bianca on the balcony with the doll she had given to her?
8. What contentious interaction does Leda witness between Nina and her husband at the end of Chapter 9? What changes as a result of their interaction?
9. What was Leda's routine her first few days of vacation?
10. What conversation topic do Gino and Leda settle on while having dinner in Chapter 12? What does Gino know about Nina and her family, which he shares with Leda over dinner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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