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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Reta attend a series of interviews in September?
(a) Reta attends them in order to get a raise at work.
(b) Reta attends them on behalf of her mentor.
(c) Reta attends them because it is part of her research.
(d) Reta attends them because she enjoys being interviewed.

2. How does Reta approach Norah when she visits her in early November?
(a) Angrily, as Reta is upset by Norah's behavior.
(b) Indifferently, as Reta no longer cares about Norah's panhandling.
(c) Joyfully, as Reta is so happy to see Norah.
(d) Carefully, as Reta does not want to appear threatening.

3. Why does Reta write a check to the hostel each month?
(a) Because it is run for battered women.
(b) Because it is run for homeless women with children.
(c) Because it is where Norah works during the day.
(d) Because it is where Norah sleeps every night.

4. Who is playing the piano when Reta and Tom have finished their work after their package is delivered?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lois.
(c) Norah.
(d) Natalie.

5. Who does Reta mention by name in her letter of complaint about "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Christine.
(d) Norah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reta describe her sexual relationship with Tom?

2. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?

3. What is the name of the university Norah is accepted to in 1998?

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

5. According to Reta, what is "full of rough corners that seem to me just about to come into their full beauty"?

(see the answer key)

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