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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. According to Reta, what are women still dismissed and excluded from?
(a) Accolades and compensation.
(b) Freedom of expression.
(c) Economic advancement.
(d) Primary entitlements.

2. According to Reta, what is "full of rough corners that seem to me just about to come into their full beauty"?
(a) Reta's daughters.
(b) Reta's writing.
(c) Reta's husband.
(d) Reta's home.

3. What does Reta bring Norah on the way to her appointment to have her eyebrows tinted?
(a) Books and a picture of Christine and Natalie.
(b) Food and a warm coat.
(c) Shoes and books.
(d) Food and a picture of Pet.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Reta attend a series of interviews in September?

3. What exercise does Reta find repellent?

4. What two actual events do Reta's writer friends also discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?

5. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?

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