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

2. What is Tony's profession?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Historian.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Writer.

3. Which of the following statements is not true about Anthea's relationship with Tony after she leaves Tony's father?
(a) She sees Tony every summer.
(b) She talks of having Tony visit for holidays but never does.
(c) She sends clothes that are either too large or too small.
(d) She sends belated birthday cards and photos of herself.

4. In Chapter 1, what is the topic of what Tony describes as one of her more convoluted lectures?
(a) The Italian Renaissance.
(b) The English Regency.
(c) French colonialism.
(d) The dynamics of spontaneous massacres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asserts herself inside Charis's mind again once Billy starts ignoring Charis in bed?

2. What happens to Karen's inheritance from her grandmother?

3. Why did Mitch, who is very handsome, marry Roz?

4. 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"?

5. Who tries to commit suicide in Chapter 48 with sleeping pills and scotch?

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