1. Shanita is the owner of the shop where Charis works. What is she like?
(a) Rude and unpleasant.
(b) Warm and maternal.
(c) Smart, practical and psychic.
(d) Sexy and seductive.

2. Which of the following is not true about Tony's relationship with West at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) They are in love.
(b) They have coffee together after class.
(c) They sit next to each other in class.
(d) He is the only person with whom Tony feels comfortable.

3. At the end of Chapter 1, from what does Zenia return?
(a) The dead.
(b) Jail.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A trip to Paris.

4. What evidence tells Tony that West knows about Zenia's death?
(a) A hole in the newspaper where he cut out Zenia's death notice.
(b) West's attendance at Zenia's memorial service.
(c) West's weeping.
(d) The phone call Tony overhears between West and Billy.

5. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?
(a) West.
(b) Billy.
(c) Roz.
(d) Zenia.

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 has been erased, bandaged over and deliberately snarled?

3. Who is the antagonist in Chapter 1?

4. What is West's profession?

5. In Chapter 24, what does Tony think that she and Zenia have in common?

(see the answer key)

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