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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zenia end up living at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) With Charis and Billy.
(b) At the yoga school.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) On the street.

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

3. What happens when Charis tells Billy she's pregnant?
(a) Billy tells Charis to get an abortion.
(b) Billy asks Charis to marry him.
(c) Billy leaves on a ferry with Zenia.
(d) Billy is excited and looks forward to being a father.

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

5. What does Zenia threaten to do to Tony at the end of Chapter 51?
(a) Send Iraqi spies after Tony.
(b) Steal West again.
(c) Rob her.
(d) Ruin Tony's career over a term paper Tony wrote for her.

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. What tale does Zenia tell Roz when invited to Roz's house for a drink?
(a) That Roz's mother and her mother are related.
(b) That Roz's husband is an old boyfriend of Zenia's.
(c) That Roz's father saved Zenia from the Nazis.
(d) That Roz's father was a Nazi sympathizer.

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

9. When Tony sees Zenia at the hotel in Chapter 51, which of the following is not a reason Zenia gives for faking her death?
(a) The mob was after her.
(b) Mitch was following her and making her life hell.
(c) She needed to disappear.
(d) Irish arms dealers she conned were looking for her.

10. In Chapter 51, what important project does Zenia claim to be involved in when she meets with Tony?
(a) The next space shuttle mission.
(b) Project Babylon, the supergun for Iraq.
(c) A bank robbery.
(d) An assassination attempt on the U.S. president.

11. 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.

12. 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 less capable in business matters.
(c) She feels less educated than him.
(d) She feels poorer than him.

13. 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.

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

15. What brings Billy to Canada from the United States in Chapter 30?
(a) His business.
(b) He visits Canadian relatives.
(c) He is ill and seeks Canadian physicians.
(d) He is a draft dodger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Karen's mother, Gloria, send Karen to live with her grandmother?

2. What happens to Karen's inheritance from her grandmother?

3. When Zenia dies in Chapter 48, who commits suicide in Lake Ontario?

4. What does Tony take with her to the Arnold Garden Hotel in Chapter 51 for a confrontation with Zenia?

5. What does Mitch expect Roz to do when she finds out about his mistresses?

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