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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. Who is the narrator in the first chapter of "The Robber Bride"?
(a) Charis.
(b) West.
(c) Zenia.
(d) Tony.

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

3. Who does Tony describe in Chapter 1 as "a puzzle, a knot"?
(a) Roz.
(b) West.
(c) Zenia.
(d) Charis.

4. At Zenia's funeral in Chapter 3, who feels relieved that Zenia is dead?
(a) West.
(b) Tony, Roz and Charis.
(c) Zenia's lawyer.
(d) Billy.

5. If Tony can understand the person she thinks is a puzzle and knot, what does she hope will happen?
(a) She will write a book about her experiences.
(b) She will prevent Zenia from returning.
(c) She will bring emotional freedom to herself and others.
(d) She will prevent West from leaving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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"?

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