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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy tell Charis that Zenia is faking?
(a) Her family background.
(b) Her affection for Charis.
(c) Her cancer.
(d) Her financial need.

2. How does Charis meet Zenia in Chapter 31?
(a) They meet at church.
(b) They run into each other at a college reunion.
(c) Zenia comes to Charis's yoga class.
(d) Billy brings Zenia home.

3. What do Zenia and her male companion seem to be doing when Zenia sees them at the beginning of Chapter 28?
(a) Making a financial transaction.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Getting married.

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

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

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

7. Why did Mitch, who is very handsome, marry Roz?
(a) To merge their family businesses.
(b) They had a lot in common, including religion.
(c) For her father's money.
(d) He loved her.

8. In Chapter 51, Tony and her dinner companions have each seen who that day?
(a) Zenia.
(b) Boyce.
(c) The town mayor.
(d) Billy.

9. 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) Smarter, funnier, and richer.
(b) More artistic.
(c) More Jewish.
(d) More Catholic.

10. Where do Tony, Charis and Roz meet for dinner at the beginning of Chapter 51?
(a) The university cafeteria.
(b) The local deli.
(c) Roz's house.
(d) The Toxique.

11. Which of these signs is not a reason Roz suspects Mitch is having another affair?
(a) Mitch becomes more attentive to Roz.
(b) Mitch has lipstick on his collar.
(c) Mitch offers unasked for excuses for his behavior.
(d) Mitch uses aftershave on his groin.

12. Why does Karen's mother, Gloria, send Karen to live with her grandmother?
(a) Gloria is homeless.
(b) Gloria is on drugs.
(c) Gloria can no longer afford a child.
(d) Gloria needs time off to rest her nerves.

13. Where are Zenia's ashes temporarily stored in Chapter 55?
(a) In Tony's basement next to the gun.
(b) In Charis's chicken coop.
(c) In the glove compartment of Roz's Rolls.
(d) At the Toxique.

14. In Chapter 55, what secret is revealed to Roz by Boyce and Larry?
(a) That Larry is a drug addict.
(b) That Larry is gay, and Boyce is his lover.
(c) That Boyce has been embezzling money from Roz.
(d) That Zenia killed Mitch.

15. What special gift does Karen's grandmother have?
(a) She is an artist.
(b) She sees dead people.
(c) She is a superb cook.
(d) She heals with her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zenia do to WiseWomanWorld once she is placed in charge of advertising?

2. How did Charis and Zenia originally meet?

3. In Chapter 50, what does Charis see through Zenia's eyes in the astral realm?

4. What does Harriet Bridges, the private detective, tell Roz about Larry in Chapter 52?

5. In Chapter 45, why does Roz give to so many charitable causes?

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