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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Tony say in Chapter 1 that Zenia both enjoyed and created?
(a) Peace.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Turbulence.
(d) Joy.
2. Who does Tony say in Chapter 1 "was a bad business, and should be left alone"?
(a) Zenia.
(b) Mitch.
(c) West.
(d) Roz.
3. What is the name of the shop at which Charis works?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) Luminessence.
(c) Radiance.
(d) La Magnifique.
4. At the end of Chapter 1, where does Tony have lunch?
(a) A park bench in downtown Toronto.
(b) A Mexican restaurant called El Dominguez.
(c) The Toxique.
(d) A New York City deli.
5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?
(a) Zenia's family.
(b) Tony's own art work.
(c) Tony's marriage.
(d) Zenia's beginning.
6. Over what lake does a breeze blow at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Lake Ponchartrain.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Michigan.
7. In Chapter 1, what is the topic of what Tony describes as one of her more convoluted lectures?
(a) French colonialism.
(b) The Italian Renaissance.
(c) The dynamics of spontaneous massacres.
(d) The English Regency.
8. What does Tony believe has helped her gain acceptance in the traditionally male field of the study of the history of warfare?
(a) Her brilliant doctoral dissertation.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her tiny size.
(d) Her great intellect.
9. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Roz.
(d) Her father.
10. Zenia makes what changes to Tony's appearance in Chapter 20?
(a) She makes Tony wear blue jeans and sneakers.
(b) She makes Tony wear new age jewelry.
(c) She puts Tony in oversize clothes and oversize glasses.
(d) She gets Tony contact lenses.
11. What does West do when Zenia returns after he has married Tony?
(a) Tells Zenia to leave him alone.
(b) Leaves his wife to be with Zenia again.
(c) Tells Zenia he never really loved her.
(d) Tells Zenia and his wife that he loves Roz.
12. Which of the following is not a trait Roz likes about her homosexual male assistant, Boyce?
(a) He fetches and carries for her as female employees don't.
(b) He is gentlemanly, intelligent and loyal.
(c) He respects corporate hierarchy.
(d) He reports all the office gossip to her.
13. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?
(a) The theater crowd accepts Tony's presence.
(b) Tony starts dating lots of men.
(c) The Common Room girls stop treating Tony as a pet.
(d) Zenia learns Tony's life story.
14. In Chapter 10, why does Charis ask the waitress at Toxique for a corner table near the mirror?
(a) Charis is vain and likes to look at her own reflection.
(b) Mirrors deflect negative energy.
(c) Charis likes the view from that table.
(d) Charis likes to see who's approaching her.
15. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Tears.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Shock.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Charis's name before she changed it to Charis?
2. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?
3. Shanita is the owner of the shop where Charis works. What is she like?
4. In Chapter 1, why does Tony feel compelled to know Zenia's motivation?
5. Why does Charis go to the Kafay Nwar in Chapter 11?
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