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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. What were the boarders in Roz's mother's boarding house not allowed to do in Chapter 42?
(a) Cook their own food.
(b) Miss their rent payments.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Smoke or drink or make a mess.

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

3. What happens to Karen's inheritance from her grandmother?
(a) Karen gets it at age 21.
(b) The bank loses it in poor investments.
(c) Her uncle doubles its worth through wise investments.
(d) Her aunt and uncle steal it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Charis do in Chapter 29?

2. Who is the waitress who serves Roz and Mitch lunch in Chapter 41?

3. Where does Zenia end up living at the end of Chapter 31?

4. What does Zenia claim to be dying of when she meets Charis in Chapter 52?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Roz's father made his money.

2. What do the bad dreams Tony, Charis and Roz have in Chapter 50 symbolize?

3. Why is Billy in Canada?

4. What does Roz find out about Zenia through Harriet, the private detective?

5. Describe Zenia's rise to power at WiseWomanWorld.

6. How does Roz's husband Mitch usually get his affairs with other women to end?

7. Describe Roz's childhood with her mother before her father's return from the war.

8. What reason does West give in Chapter 55 for not telling Tony that Zenia called?

9. Recount what happens to Mitch after he leaves Roz for Zenia.

10. To what do the police attribute Zenia's death, and why is there an aura of mystery about Zenia's passing?

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