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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. How old does Leda think the daughter of the young Neapolitan woman must be?
2. What does Leda realize about Gino as they eat and talk in Chapter 13?
3. What does Leda tell Rosaria is "always a cause for worry" (20)?
4. What does Leda think Gianni would do if he saw Elena playing on the beach alone?
5. Where does Leda wake up at the start of The Lost Daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Leda allow her daughters to play with her like a doll?
2. How does Rosaria help Leda when she notices the wound on her back?
3. How did Leda first become involved with the Neapolitan family on the beach in Chapter 6?
4. 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?
5. What happened when Leda found Bianca on the balcony with the doll she had given to her?
6. How did Leda get injured on her way back from the beach in Chapter 7? What does she think happened?
7. Who is Giovanni? Describe Leda's first interaction with him when she arrives at her vacation apartment.
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. How did Leda sometimes behave when her daughters brought boyfriends over when they were teens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Ferrante's commentary on motherhood in The Lost Daughter. How is motherhood important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in The Lost Daughter. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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