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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Enamel, Chapters 17-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, who is still in Tony's life "Despite everything, despite Zenia"?
(a) Billy.
(b) Roz.
(c) West.
(d) Mitch.

3. What kind of collars does Tony wear in Chapter 1?
(a) Detachable.
(b) Embroidered.
(c) Plaid.
(d) Lace-edged.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?
(a) Tony's own art work.
(b) Zenia's family.
(c) Tony's marriage.
(d) Zenia's beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says in Chapter 1 that "A disaster is a disaster; those hurt by it remain hurt, those killed remain killed, the rubble remains rubble"?

2. 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"?

3. When Charis sees Zenia at Toxique in Chapter 10, what does she see swirling around Zenia?

4. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Shanita tell Charis that the stopping of Charis's pendulum signifies?

(see the answer key)

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