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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is allowed to do what the boarders are not permitted to in Roz's mother's boarding house?
(a) Billy.
(b) Roz's father and his friends.
(c) Roz.
(d) West.

2. How did Charis and Zenia originally meet?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They were once coworkers.
(c) They both lived in McClung Hall as university students.
(d) They were once neighbors.

3. Why does Karen's mother, Gloria, send Karen to live with her grandmother?
(a) Gloria is homeless.
(b) Gloria can no longer afford a child.
(c) Gloria needs time off to rest her nerves.
(d) Gloria is on drugs.

4. What tale does Zenia tell Roz when invited to Roz's house for a drink?
(a) That Roz's father saved Zenia from the Nazis.
(b) That Roz's husband is an old boyfriend of Zenia's.
(c) That Roz's mother and her mother are related.
(d) That Roz's father was a Nazi sympathizer.

5. In Chapter 50, what does Tony dream of?
(a) Flowers and fairies.
(b) Her mother, an egg, the house burning and West leaving.
(c) Winning the lottery and moving to America.
(d) Going on a cruise with West.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 55, what secret is revealed to Roz by Boyce and Larry?

2. In Chapter 52, Charis chooses what items as totems on her altar before confronting Zenia?

3. What do Zenia and her male companion seem to be doing when Zenia sees them at the beginning of Chapter 28?

4. What special gift does Karen's grandmother have?

5. What does Roz find out about Zenia's past in Berlin and her career as a reporter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what makes Karen become Charis.

2. As Charis prepares to confront Zenia in Chapter 52, what signs does she receive that something bad is about to happen?

3. Describe Charis's life on the island with Billy before Zenia comes.

4. Recount what happens to Mitch after he leaves Roz for Zenia.

5. Explain how Zenia tries to blackmail Roz in Chapter 53.

6. How do Roz and Tony help Charis after Billy leaves her

7. Describe the power in Karen's grandmother's hands.

8. What story does Zenia give Charis about her parents.

9. Describe Karen/Charis's relationship with her mother, Gloria.

10. What changes occur in Roz's life after her father's return from the war.

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