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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Robber Bride, Chapters 39-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shop at which Charis works sells what kind of things?
(a) New age knickknacks.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Shoes.

2. In Chapter 5, what do Tony, Roz and Charis talk about when they lunch together?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Men.

3. Who tries to commit suicide in Chapter 48 with sleeping pills and scotch?
(a) Tony.
(b) August.
(c) Charis.
(d) Roz.

4. What brings Billy to Canada from the United States in Chapter 30?
(a) He is ill and seeks Canadian physicians.
(b) He visits Canadian relatives.
(c) He is a draft dodger.
(d) His business.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Shock.
(d) Tears.

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. What is Tony's profession?

3. In Chapter 2, who is still in Tony's life "Despite everything, despite Zenia"?

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

5. 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"?

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