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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, for whom does Charis mistake her daughter Augusta when she appears unexpectedly at Charis's back door?
(a) Zenia.
(b) Roz.
(c) Billy.
(d) Tony.

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

3. In Chapter 1, why does Tony feel compelled to know Zenia's motivation?
(a) To help Charis and Roz heal.
(b) She doesn't know.
(c) To understand Zenia's relationship with West.
(d) To understand her own reactions to Zenia's behavior.

4. Who reverses words and thinks and writes them backwards?
(a) Zenia.
(b) Roz.
(c) West.
(d) Tony.

5. In Chapter 2, who is still in Tony's life "Despite everything, despite Zenia"?
(a) Roz.
(b) Billy.
(c) West.
(d) Mitch.

6. Who does Tony think would enjoy the contradictory images in her lecture in Chapter 1?
(a) Billy.
(b) West.
(c) Zenia.
(d) Roz.

7. What does Tony say in Chapter 1 that Zenia both enjoyed and created?
(a) Turbulence.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Joy.

8. What does Roz's parking space at her office read?
(a) Roz.
(b) Chief Executive Officer.
(c) Ms. President.
(d) Chairman of the Board.

9. In Chapter 17, what does Tony have in her basement that she uses for a personal game?
(a) A flour & paste map on which she reenacts famous battles.
(b) A ping pong table.
(c) A pool table.
(d) A deck of Tarot cards.

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

11. What nickname does Tony's mother, Anthea, give Tony as an infant?
(a) Baby.
(b) Sweetkins.
(c) Guppy.
(d) Honey.

12. What does Tony tell Zenia about in Chapter 21 that she has never told anyone else about?
(a) Her need for money.
(b) Her fear of failing out of college.
(c) Her mother and her childhood.
(d) Her love for a history professor.

13. What is West's profession?
(a) He is a poet.
(b) He is a minister.
(c) He is a musicologist.
(d) He is a car salesman.

14. Over what lake does a breeze blow at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Lake Ponchartrain.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Ontario.

15. What does Roz do when she learns Zenia is still alive?
(a) Asks Boyce to find out where Zenia is staying.
(b) Hires private detective Harriet Bridges to follow Zenia.
(c) Confronts Zenia in the Toxique parking lot.
(d) Sends Zenia flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is not happening on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?

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

3. What unethical thing does Zenia ask Tony to do for her in Chapter 25?

4. What does West do when Zenia returns after he has married Tony?

5. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?

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