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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Toxique, Chapters 50-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first line of the book, when does the narrator say the story of Zenia ought to begin?
(a) When Zenia first met West.
(b) When Zenia began.
(c) When Zenia turned twenty-five.
(d) When Zenia moved to Toronto.

2. How does Charis meet Zenia in Chapter 31?
(a) Billy brings Zenia home.
(b) They meet at church.
(c) They run into each other at a college reunion.
(d) Zenia comes to Charis's yoga class.

3. What did Roz's mother do for a living?
(a) Worked in a textile mill.
(b) Ran a boarding house.
(c) Ran a farm.
(d) Owned a restaurant.

4. What does Tony take with her to the Arnold Garden Hotel in Chapter 51 for a confrontation with Zenia?
(a) Money to pay Zenia to leave town.
(b) A knife.
(c) Her father's Luger and a cordless drill.
(d) A letter from West.

5. What was Charis's name before she changed it to Charis?
(a) Linda.
(b) Karen.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rapes Karen in Chapter 35?

2. Who is allowed to do what the boarders are not permitted to in Roz's mother's boarding house?

3. What evidence tells Tony that West knows about Zenia's death?

4. Who does Zenia move in with in Chapter 47?

5. In Chapter 52, which of the following is not something Zenia claims has happened to Billy since he left Charis?

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