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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Toxique, Chapters 2-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Tears.
(c) Shock.
(d) Smiles.

2. At the end of Chapter 1, where does Tony have lunch?
(a) The Toxique.
(b) A Mexican restaurant called El Dominguez.
(c) A park bench in downtown Toronto.
(d) A New York City deli.

3. In Chapter 5, what do Tony, Roz and Charis talk about when they lunch together?
(a) Love.
(b) Men.
(c) Gossip.
(d) War.

4. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?
(a) The birth of kings and other rulers dictate them.
(b) All choices are arbitrary.
(c) There is always one clear choice.
(d) Wars mark them.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Tony say comes unraveled if you "pick any strand and snip"?
(a) Zenia's love for West.
(b) Roz's knitting.
(c) History.
(d) Tony's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests Tony more than births and deaths and marriages?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what has been erased, bandaged over and deliberately snarled?

3. What evidence tells Tony that West knows about Zenia's death?

4. What was Charis's name before she changed it to Charis?

5. In the first line of the book, when does the narrator say the story of Zenia ought to begin?

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