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

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

3. What is the name of the book Reta picks up at Orangetown Library?
(a) The Loss of Love.
(b) The Virtue of Victory.
(c) The Goodness Gap.
(d) The Forgiving Fall.

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

5. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?
(a) Because men view women as more capable and superior.
(b) Because men view women as superior to everyday concerns.
(c) Because men view women as lacking moral authority and capability.
(d) Because men view women as incapable of rational thought.