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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contraband did Zoe successfully smuggle into Tranquillum House?
(a) A pack of cigarettes.
(b) A bottle of pills.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A joint.

2. What is scheduled to occur during the first five days of the retreat?
(a) A period of fasting.
(b) A period of silence.
(c) A period of solitude.
(d) A period of reflection.

3. As the novel begins, Yao is called to help a woman named whom?
(a) Milla.
(b) Marta.
(c) Magda.
(d) Masha.

4. As Ben waits to enter Tranquillum House, he thinks that he would not be on the retreat if what had not happened?
(a) If he had not bought an expensive car.
(b) If his sister had not become addicted to drugs.
(c) If his wife had not changed so much.
(d) If they had not been robbed.

5. What does Napoleon do for a living?
(a) He is a therapist.
(b) He is a schoolteacher.
(c) He is a nurse.
(d) He is an athletic trainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the massage therapist at Tranquillum House?

2. What kind of car does Ben drive?

3. Which of Frances's books does Zoe find inside Tranquillum House?

4. As the retreat begins, which guests pose the biggest mystery to Masha?

5. Which book inspired Frances to become a writer?

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