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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Zenia dies in Chapter 48, who commits suicide in Lake Ontario?
(a) Tony.
(b) Roz.
(c) Billy.
(d) Mitch.
2. When Shanita reads the Tarot for Charis in Chapter 52, what does she foretell?
(a) A marriage.
(b) A death.
(c) Prosperity for Charis.
(d) Bad luck for Charis.
3. What happens to Karen's inheritance from her grandmother?
(a) The bank loses it in poor investments.
(b) Karen gets it at age 21.
(c) Her aunt and uncle steal it.
(d) Her uncle doubles its worth through wise investments.
4. Why did Mitch, who is very handsome, marry Roz?
(a) For her father's money.
(b) They had a lot in common, including religion.
(c) To merge their family businesses.
(d) He loved her.
5. Who tries to commit suicide in Chapter 48 with sleeping pills and scotch?
(a) August.
(b) Roz.
(c) Charis.
(d) Tony.
6. What does West tell Tony in Chapter 51 that Zenia told him when she dumped him?
(a) That she didn't love him.
(b) That she had another lover.
(c) That Tony needed him more than she did.
(d) That he was boring.
7. Why does Roz feel inferior to Mitch during lunch at the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) His family has a pedigree and hers does not.
(b) She feels poorer than him.
(c) She feels less capable in business matters.
(d) She feels less educated than him.
8. What does Zenia claim to be dying of when she meets Charis in Chapter 52?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Tuberculosis.
9. Where does Zenia end up living at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) At the yoga school.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) With Charis and Billy.
(d) On the street.
10. For whom did Roz and her mother always have to keep the boarding house clean in Chapter 42?
(a) Their boarders.
(b) Roz's wealthy aunt.
(c) Roz's father, who was not yet home from the war.
(d) Roz's grandfather.
11. What does Tony take with her to the Arnold Garden Hotel in Chapter 51 for a confrontation with Zenia?
(a) Money to pay Zenia to leave town.
(b) A letter from West.
(c) Her father's Luger and a cordless drill.
(d) A knife.
12. In Chapter 52, Charis chooses what items as totems on her altar before confronting Zenia?
(a) Roz's leather gloves and a book written by Tony.
(b) A rosary and a white candle.
(c) A good luck amulet and her deck of Tarot cards.
(d) A stick of incense and a lock of Zenia's hair.
13. In Chapter 52, which of the following is not something Zenia claims has happened to Billy since he left Charis?
(a) He became a fat, bald LSD addict.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He testified against his fellow conspirators.
(d) He got a full pardon and new identity.
14. When does Roz first learn of her husband's infidelity?
(a) On her wedding day.
(b) When she's pregnant with her first child.
(c) During her engagement.
(d) On her honeymoon.
15. In Chapter 44, what does Roz decide to be when she realizes she will never be prettier, daintier, thinner, sexier, or harder to impress than the girls at her new school?
(a) More artistic.
(b) Smarter, funnier, and richer.
(c) More Catholic.
(d) More Jewish.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what age does Karen first meet her grandmother in Chapter 33?
2. In Chapter 51, what important project does Zenia claim to be involved in when she meets with Tony?
3. In Chapter 50, what does Tony dream of?
4. Where do Tony, Charis and Roz meet for dinner at the beginning of Chapter 51?
5. Who helps Charis when her baby is born at the end of Chapter 38?
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