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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

5. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?
(a) For not naming her Ophelia.
(b) For being a great mom.
(c) For throwing a party for Christine.
(d) For taking them to dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?

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

3. Why is Colin's marriage to Marietta troubled?

4. What two languages are spoken during Reta's childhood?

5. What is Reta's struggle about what a writer of fiction should give the reader?

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