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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not true about Tony's relationship with West at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) They have coffee together after class.
(b) He is the only person with whom Tony feels comfortable.
(c) They sit next to each other in class.
(d) They are in love.

2. In Chapter 19, how are the walls of West's apartment painted when Tony goes there for a party?
(a) Silver glitter and purple paint.
(b) Neon green paint.
(c) Red and pink spray paint.
(d) Glossy black enamel.

3. As Charis boards the ferry at the end of Chapter 8, whose departure does she recall?
(a) Augusta's.
(b) West's.
(c) Billy's.
(d) Roz's.

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

5. At Zenia's funeral in Chapter 3, who feels relieved that Zenia is dead?
(a) Billy.
(b) Tony, Roz and Charis.
(c) Zenia's lawyer.
(d) West.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charis sees Zenia at Toxique in Chapter 10, what does she see swirling around Zenia?

2. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?

3. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Charis ask the waitress at Toxique for a corner table near the mirror?

5. What does Tony say at the beginning of Chapter 1 that Zenia would do "earnestly, with a catch in her voice, a quaver of suppressed grief, or... haltingly, as if confessing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is revealed about Tony in Chapter 1?

2. Explain what has made Tony, Charis, and Roz friends.

3. Explain why Tony feels insecure about West after learning Zenia is still alive.

4. Explain the black enamel paint in Zenia and West's apartment in Chapter 19.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Tony teacher her students that history is?

6. Describe Roz's feelings about her wealth.

7. Describe Tony's relationship with West during her undergraduate days at McClung Hall.

8. Describe the memorial service for Zenia after her supposed death in Lebanon.

9. In Chapter 1, what does Tony's statement that the place where Zenia began must have been "someplace bruised, and very tangled" indicate about Zenia's character?

10. Describe Tony's sand table and the game she plays on it.

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