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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 did Lucilla behave toward Leda while their families vacationed together?
2. What does Giovanni describe, which Leda called a pupatella?
3. What does Rosaria say should happen to the person who took Elena's doll?
4. What does Leda buy for Nina and Elena at the fair?
5. What does Nina tell Leda Elena has been doing since her father left in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nina talk to Leda about when they meet at the fair in Chapter 21?
2. What was Leda reminded of while watching Nani spew brown liquid into the sink in Chapter 22?
3. What does Gino ask of Leda at the end of Chapter 23 after he walks her home from the dance?
4. In what way was Leda's first pregnancy different from her mother's and other relative's?
5. What did Leda tell her husband about Lucilla when they returned from their vacation with Lucilla and Mateo?
6. With whom did Leda begin an affair during the E.M. Forster conference?
7. What memory does Leda recall from when Bianca was 5 and Marta was 3 and she was trying to write an essay?
8. In what way does Giovanni think young people today are different from when he was young?
9. Why does Leda decide that Elena probably put something inside of her doll? What does she find?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a review of The Lost Daughter. Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Ferrante of The Lost Daughter. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
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