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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reta sign her letter about the obituary in the Globe and Mail?
(a) I will not forgive you. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(b) I no longer mourn for you. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(c) I grieve for you too. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(d) I forgive you too. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.

2. Who is elected Prime Minister again?
(a) Pierre Trudeau.
(b) Jean Chretrien.
(c) Kim Campbell.
(d) John Turner.

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

4. How does Tessa discover the mystery of Norah's disappearance six months prior?
(a) Tessa's mother sees Norah walking down Bloor and Bathurst in Toronto.
(b) Tessa runs into Norah outside the Toronto library.
(c) Tessa finds Norah panhandling outside the subway in Toronto.
(d) Tessa discovers Norah's diary in the Orangetown Library.

5. Why does Arthur tell Reta the day after Christmas that it is urgent that she come to New York?
(a) Because he wants her to give a reading at a major bookstore.
(b) Because he wants her to sign a six figure book deal.
(c) Because he wants to have a conference before she finishes the first draft.
(d) Because he wants to meet before he leaves the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Reta, what are women still dismissed and excluded from?

3. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?

4. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?

5. In Reta's letter to Ford-Halpern, what failure is "a moral dilemma in itself"?

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