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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who does Tony recall said nice things about Zenia at her memorial service?
(a) West.
(b) Tony.
(c) Zenia's lawyer.
(d) Mitch.

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

3. What unethical thing does Zenia ask Tony to do for her in Chapter 25?
(a) Forge a check.
(b) Lie about Roz to the other girls in McClunt Hall.
(c) Cheat on an exam.
(d) Write a term paper for her.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following women was the first to befriend Zenia?
(a) Tony.
(b) Roz.
(c) Shanita.
(d) Charis.

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

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

8. What date does Tony decide to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) July 4, 2000.
(b) December 25, 1995.
(c) October 23, 1990.
(d) January 15, 1959.

9. In Chapter 24, what does Tony think that she and Zenia have in common?
(a) They're both of Russian ancestry.
(b) They're both victims of sexual abuse.
(c) They're both motherless war babies.
(d) They're both studying the history of war.

10. What kind of collars does Tony wear in Chapter 1?
(a) Lace-edged.
(b) Embroidered.
(c) Plaid.
(d) Detachable.

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

12. The shop at which Charis works sells what kind of things?
(a) New age knickknacks.
(b) Books.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Shoes.

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

14. After Zenia leaves him in Chapter 26, to whom does West turn for comfort and eventually marry?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Roz.
(c) Charis.
(d) Tony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what lake does a breeze blow at the end of Chapter 1?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?

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

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

5. In the first line of the book, when does the narrator say the story of Zenia ought to begin?

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