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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. Why does Zenia wear sunglasses in Chapter 31?
(a) She has an eye infection.
(b) She has a black eye.
(c) She wants to be stylish.
(d) Her eyes are sensitive to sunlight.

2. What special gift does Karen's grandmother have?
(a) She sees dead people.
(b) She is a superb cook.
(c) She is an artist.
(d) She heals with her hands.

3. For whom did Roz and her mother always have to keep the boarding house clean in Chapter 42?
(a) Their boarders.
(b) Roz's grandfather.
(c) Roz's wealthy aunt.
(d) Roz's father, who was not yet home from the war.

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

5. In Chapter 22, who was an English war bride?
(a) Tony.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Roz.
(d) Tony's mother, Anthea.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, where does Tony have lunch?

2. When Charis follows Zenia and her male companion in a cab in Chapter 28, where do they end up going?

3. Which of the following is not true about the tale Zenia tells Tony of her own mother and childhood?

4. In Chapter 9, what changes does Shanita tell Charis that she is going to make to the shop because of the recession?

5. 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"?

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