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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Danger.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Prudishness.

3. What two actual events do Reta's writer friends also discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?
(a) The self-immolation of a Muslim man in China; the poaching of ivory in North Africa.
(b) The woman in Mozambique who gave birth in a tree; the self-immolation of a Muslim woman in Nathan Philips Square.
(c) The recent Canadian election; the war in Afghanistan.
(d) The military coup in Mozambique; the cost of child care in Toronto.

4. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?
(a) Whether she respects him.
(b) Whether she trusts him.
(c) Whether she loves him.
(d) Whether she dislikes him.

5. What praise does Reta give Alexander Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?
(a) Reta praises his intellectual rigor.
(b) Reta praises his research method.
(c) Reta praises his personal narrative style.
(d) Reta praises his broad approach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of world is Reta interested in creating for her characters?

2. Why does Arthur ask Reta to send him a draft?

3. What kind of woman does Reta realize she cannot create for a heroine in her novel?

4. What has been able to distract Reta from grieving for Norah?

5. How does Reta explain Norah's strange behavior to Christine and Natalie?

(see the answer key)

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