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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Tony can understand the person she thinks is a puzzle and knot, what does she hope will happen?
(a) She will prevent West from leaving.
(b) She will bring emotional freedom to herself and others.
(c) She will write a book about her experiences.
(d) She will prevent Zenia from returning.

2. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Zenia.
(d) Roz.

3. What domestic metaphor does Tony use in her lecture in Chapter 1?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Vacuuming.
(c) Weaving or knitting and sewing scissors.
(d) Dusting.

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

5. What event is not happening on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) A new U.S. president is being elected.
(b) The Soviet bloc is crumbling.
(c) A large hole has developed in the ozone layer.
(d) There's trouble in the Gulf.

6. At the end of Chapter 1, from what does Zenia return?
(a) The dead.
(b) Jail.
(c) A trip to Paris.
(d) The hospital.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following is not true about the tale Zenia tells Tony of her own mother and childhood?
(a) Zenia's mother was a famous pianist.
(b) Zenia's mother died of tuberculosis.
(c) Zenia's mother rented Zenia out as a prostitute.
(d) Zenia's mother was a White Russian living in Paris.

11. How many children does Roz have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

12. Who says in Chapter 1 that "A disaster is a disaster; those hurt by it remain hurt, those killed remain killed, the rubble remains rubble"?
(a) Zenia.
(b) Billy.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Tony.

13. How does Anthea die in Chapter 23?
(a) A plane crash.
(b) An accidental drowning.
(c) A drug overdose.
(d) A heart attack.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The shop at which Charis works sells what kind of things?

2. In Chapter 8, for whom does Charis mistake her daughter Augusta when she appears unexpectedly at Charis's back door?

3. What was Charis's name before she changed it to Charis?

4. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?

5. What does Zenia start borrowing from Tony in Chapter 25?

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