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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. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what has been erased, bandaged over and deliberately snarled?
(a) Tony's career.
(b) Zenia's accounts of herself.
(c) Roz's marriage to Mitch.
(d) Tony's marriage to West.

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

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

4. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?
(a) Zenia learns Tony's life story.
(b) Tony starts dating lots of men.
(c) The theater crowd accepts Tony's presence.
(d) The Common Room girls stop treating Tony as a pet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?

3. After Zenia leaves him in Chapter 26, to whom does West turn for comfort and eventually marry?

4. 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"?

5. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?

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