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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tony's mother leaves at the end of Chapter 22, what present does she leave Tony?
(a) A doll.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A dress two sizes too large for Tony.
(d) A puppy.

2. In Chapter 18, whose ashes does Tony keep in a canister in her dormitory room closet?
(a) Her father's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her grandmother's.
(d) Zenia's.

3. 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"?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sing.
(c) Beg for forgiveness.
(d) Lie.

4. In Chapter 15, what evidence tells Roz her son Larry has been to the Toxique?
(a) A Toxique menu on his desk.
(b) A credit card receipt from the Toxique in his wallet.
(c) Seeing him there when she lunches with Tony and Charis.
(d) A Toxique matchbook in his shirt pocket.

5. What was McClung Hall before it became an office building?
(a) A women's residence hall.
(b) A men's residence hall.
(c) A candle shop.
(d) A new age store.

6. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?
(a) In a public park.
(b) Under a tree at the cemetery.
(c) In Lebanon, where Zenia was killed.
(d) In the ocean.

7. In Chapter 1, what does Tony say comes unraveled if you "pick any strand and snip"?
(a) Roz's knitting.
(b) Zenia's love for West.
(c) Tony's life.
(d) History.

8. When Charis sees Zenia at Toxique in Chapter 10, what does she see swirling around Zenia?
(a) An aura of prosperity and joy.
(b) A beautiful red silk scarf.
(c) A calm, peaceful aura.
(d) A dark, malevolent aura.

9. Which of the following is not a trait Roz likes about her homosexual male assistant, Boyce?
(a) He respects corporate hierarchy.
(b) He reports all the office gossip to her.
(c) He fetches and carries for her as female employees don't.
(d) He is gentlemanly, intelligent and loyal.

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

11. What does Zenia start borrowing from Tony in Chapter 25?
(a) Her textbooks.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Her car.
(d) Money.

12. Who is the narrator in the first chapter of "The Robber Bride"?
(a) Tony.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Charis.
(d) West.

13. What is the weather like on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Humid.
(c) Cold and snowy.
(d) Bright and clear and unseasonably warm.

14. Why does Charis go to the Kafay Nwar in Chapter 11?
(a) To spy on Zenia.
(b) To get coffee.
(c) To apply for a job.
(d) To meet a man for a date.

15. At Zenia's funeral in Chapter 3, who feels relieved that Zenia is dead?
(a) Zenia's lawyer.
(b) Tony, Roz and Charis.
(c) West.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony believe has helped her gain acceptance in the traditionally male field of the study of the history of warfare?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Charis's pendulum do when she asks it if she will have a good day?

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

4. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?

5. What does Roz's parking space at her office read?

(see the answer keys)

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