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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the university Norah is accepted to in 1998?
(a) University of Victoria.
(b) St. Mary's University.
(c) King's College.
(d) McGill University.

2. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?
(a) Norah is anxious about her decision to live with her boyfriend.
(b) Norah is afraid that she will disappoint her parents by failing school.
(c) Norah is disturbed by the sense that she cannot love anyone enough.
(d) Norah is upset that she cannot spend more time with her sisters.

3. How does Reta explain Norah's strange behavior to Christine and Natalie?
(a) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of goodness.
(b) Reta tells them Norah is living a life devoted to God.
(c) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of beauty.
(d) Reta tells them Norah is living a life of sacrifice and good will.

4. Why does Norah enroll at the University of Toronto?
(a) To get away from her family.
(b) To live with her boyfriend.
(c) To be closer to her family.
(d) To get away from her boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reta discuss with the person she visits after her encounter with Norah in early November?

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

3. What prize did Reta's novel, "My Thyme is Up," win the previous year?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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