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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. What interests Tony more than births and deaths and marriages?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Wars.
(d) Shopping.

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

3. What does Roz do when she learns Zenia is still alive?
(a) Hires private detective Harriet Bridges to follow Zenia.
(b) Sends Zenia flowers.
(c) Asks Boyce to find out where Zenia is staying.
(d) Confronts Zenia in the Toxique parking lot.

4. What does Tony say in Chapter 1 that Zenia both enjoyed and created?
(a) Peace.
(b) Turbulence.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Joy.

5. What does Tony say at the beginning of Chapter 1 that Zenia would do "earnestly, with a catch in her voice, a quaver of suppressed grief, or... haltingly, as if confessing"?
(a) Lie.
(b) Beg for forgiveness.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who is still in Tony's life "Despite everything, despite Zenia"?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?

3. What is the weather like on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?

4. What domestic metaphor does Tony use in her lecture in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, what is the topic of what Tony describes as one of her more convoluted lectures?

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