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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Reta attempted to talk about with her daughters regarding sex?
(a) Reta has attempted to talk about birth control.
(b) Reta has attempted to convince them to wait until marriage.
(c) Reta has attempted to share her own experiences.
(d) Reta has attempted to find out if they are having sex.

2. How does Reta describe her sexual relationship with Tom?
(a) As uncomfortable and unpleasant.
(b) As dull and infrequent.
(c) As exciting and unpredictable.
(d) As familiar and a safe routine.

3. Why does Reta become angry at the male author being interviewed on the literary television show?
(a) Because he is more successful than she is.
(b) Because he doesn't mention any female writers who have influenced him.
(c) Because he lacks talent and imagination.
(d) Because he dismisses her writing to the host.

4. What kind of woman does Reta realize she cannot create for a heroine in her novel?
(a) An evil woman.
(b) A perfect woman.
(c) A trustworthy woman.
(d) An imperfect woman.

5. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?
(a) He was seeing another woman when they met.
(b) They disliked each other the first time they met.
(c) They were intimate the first time they met.
(d) She was seeing another man when they met.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Reta's letter to Ford-Halpern, what is "an endless series of obstacles, an alignment of locked doors"?

2. How are Reta and Danielle different?

3. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?

4. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?

5. What present does Reta get for Norah's seventeenth birthday while on a book tour in D.C.?

(see the answer key)

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