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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 begins to appear in Roz's home once Roz's father returns from the war?
(a) Long lost relatives.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Money.
(d) Musical instruments.

2. What vision does Charis have when staring into a candle flame in Chapter 54?
(a) That Zenia is dead.
(b) That Zenia is pregnant.
(c) That Augusta is going to get married.
(d) That Billy is about to return to her.

3. 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.

4. Who is allowed to do what the boarders are not permitted to in Roz's mother's boarding house?
(a) Billy.
(b) Roz's father and his friends.
(c) West.
(d) Roz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charis raise at her house on the Island?

2. What special gift does Karen's grandmother have?

3. What reason does Zenia give for leaving Charis's home?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the power in Karen's grandmother's hands.

2. As Charis prepares to confront Zenia in Chapter 52, what signs does she receive that something bad is about to happen?

3. What explanation does West gives Roz in Chapter 52 for his attraction to Zenia?

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

5. What does Zenia claim happened to Billy after he left Charis?

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

7. Describe Charis's life on the island with Billy before Zenia comes.

8. Describe Karen/Charis's relationship with her mother, Gloria.

9. What story does Zenia give Roz about Roz's father's heroism?

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

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