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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?
(a) It is Norah's excuse not to finish school and get her degree.
(b) It is Norah's way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(c) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(d) It is Norah's deliberate effort to extiguish herself and be a nothing.

2. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?
(a) For taking them to dinner.
(b) For not naming her Ophelia.
(c) For throwing a party for Christine.
(d) For being a great mom.

3. How does Reta sign her letter to Ford-Halpern?
(a) Yours, Rita Orange d'Ville.
(b) Yours, Rita Orange.
(c) Yours, Reta Orangetown.
(d) Yours, Reta Winters.

4. According to Reta, what is NOT a romance with impossibly beautiful people?
(a) Her novel.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her job.
(d) Her life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose personality is Reta worried about developing in her novel?

2. What sport have Christine and Natalie given up playing on Saturdays to spend the day with Norah?

3. How are Reta and Danielle different?

4. Why does Reta become angry at the male author being interviewed on the literary television show?

5. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?

(see the answer key)

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