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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Colin's marriage to Marietta troubled?
(a) Because Marietta is unfaithful.
(b) Because Marietta has suddenly left Colin.
(c) Because Colin is unfaithful.
(d) Because Colin has suddenly left Marietta.

2. How are Reta and Danielle different?
(a) Reta is young and successful; Danielle is old and poor.
(b) Reta is married with children; Danielle is single and childless.
(c) Reta is a novelist; Danielle is a biographer.
(d) Reta is Canadian; Danielle is American.

3. 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 path to enlightenment.
(d) The nature of goodness.

4. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?
(a) Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
(b) Newton's Laws of Motion.
(c) Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
(d) Curie's Theory of Radioactivity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?

2. What does Norah ask Reta about their family when she is nine years-old?

3. According to Reta, what is the most important aspect in her life?

4. What does Reta bring Norah on the way to her appointment to have her eyebrows tinted?

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

(see the answer key)

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