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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 40, Roz suspects her husband, Mitch, is doing what?
(a) Stealing her money.
(b) Having another affair.
(c) Molesting their daughter.
(d) Trying to take over her company.

2. For whom did Roz and her mother always have to keep the boarding house clean in Chapter 42?
(a) Roz's wealthy aunt.
(b) Roz's grandfather.
(c) Their boarders.
(d) Roz's father, who was not yet home from the war.

3. What does Zenia claim to be dying of when she meets Charis in Chapter 52?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Cancer.

4. Who does Zenia move in with in Chapter 47?
(a) Tony.
(b) Roz.
(c) Charis.
(d) Mitch.

5. How does Tony respond when Zenia asks to hide out at Tony's home?
(a) Tony offers to pay for a hotel room for Zenia instead.
(b) Tony threatens Zenia with the Luger.
(c) Tony says no.
(d) Tony calls West and tells him she's bringing home a guest.

6. In Chapter 50, what does Tony dream of?
(a) Going on a cruise with West.
(b) Flowers and fairies.
(c) Winning the lottery and moving to America.
(d) Her mother, an egg, the house burning and West leaving.

7. 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 good luck amulet and her deck of Tarot cards.
(c) A rosary and a white candle.
(d) A stick of incense and a lock of Zenia's hair.

8. At what age does Karen first meet her grandmother in Chapter 33?
(a) Five.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

9. Who helps Charis when her baby is born at the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Aunt Vi.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Tony and Roz.
(d) Billy.

10. Who asserts herself inside Charis's mind again once Billy starts ignoring Charis in bed?
(a) Karen.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Karen's mother.
(d) Roz.

11. What does Zenia do to WiseWomanWorld once she is placed in charge of advertising?
(a) Doubles the size of the magazine.
(b) Increases its feminist tone.
(c) Changes its name and direction.
(d) Bankrupts it.

12. Who rapes Karen in Chapter 35?
(a) Uncle Vern.
(b) Her father.
(c) Billy.
(d) Mitch.

13. Who tries to commit suicide in Chapter 48 with sleeping pills and scotch?
(a) August.
(b) Tony.
(c) Charis.
(d) Roz.

14. In Chapter 50, what does Roz dream about?
(a) An abandoned and empty house, and a man who is Zenia.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Mitch.

15. How did Charis and Zenia originally meet?
(a) They both lived in McClung Hall as university students.
(b) They were once coworkers.
(c) They were once neighbors.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 51, what important project does Zenia claim to be involved in when she meets with Tony?

2. Why does Roz feel inferior to Mitch during lunch at the beginning of Chapter 41?

3. What begins to appear in Roz's home once Roz's father returns from the war?

4. What do Zenia and her male companion seem to be doing when Zenia sees them at the beginning of Chapter 28?

5. From whom does Charis obtain Zenia's hotel room number in Chapter 52?

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