1. In Chapter 3, Tony recalls that Zenia's memorial service was held how long ago?
(a) Ten days earlier.
(b) Two years earlier.
(c) Five years earlier.
(d) A week earlier.

2. Which of the following is not a trait Roz likes about her homosexual male assistant, Boyce?
(a) He respects corporate hierarchy.
(b) He fetches and carries for her as female employees don't.
(c) He reports all the office gossip to her.
(d) He is gentlemanly, intelligent and loyal.

3. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?
(a) Under a tree at the cemetery.
(b) In Lebanon, where Zenia was killed.
(c) In a public park.
(d) In the ocean.

4. What is the weather like on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) Cold and snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Bright and clear and unseasonably warm.
(d) Humid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?

3. In Chapter 15, what evidence tells Roz her son Larry has been to the Toxique?

4. Who is the antagonist in Chapter 1?

5. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?

(see the answer key)

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