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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sport have Christine and Natalie given up playing on Saturdays to spend the day with Norah?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Raquetball.

3. Why does Reta also chide Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?
(a) For his patronizing tone in discussing some of the great female writers of the century.
(b) For attempting to discuss all literature instead of narrowing his focus.
(c) For including male writers that are blatantly sexist.
(d) For failing to mention some of the century's great female writers.

4. What is the first subject Reta and her writer friends discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?
(a) The way to forgiveness.
(b) The loss of truth.
(c) The nature of goodness.
(d) The path to enlightenment.

5. What days does Reta drive to Toronto to see Norah?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Wednesdays.
(d) Saturdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reta do in lieu of attending the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?

2. What is the name of the book Reta picks up at Orangetown Library?

3. Who does Reta meet for lunch after a radio interview in Baltimore?

4. Why does Norah enroll at the University of Toronto?

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

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