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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prize did Reta's novel, "My Thyme is Up," win the previous year?
(a) The Man Booker Prize.
(b) The Offenden Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) The Pulitzer Prize.

2. How does Reta explain Norah's strange behavior to Christine and Natalie?
(a) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of beauty.
(b) Reta tells them Norah is living a life of sacrifice and good will.
(c) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of goodness.
(d) Reta tells them Norah is living a life devoted to God.

3. What has a dormitory appearance with meals served and an enforced curfew?
(a) The psychiatric hospital.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) The University of Toronto.
(d) The hostel.

4. What does Norah accidentally find in the pocket of Christine's winter parka?
(a) A love letter.
(b) A failing report card.
(c) A bent cigarette.
(d) A letter from Norah.

5. What present does Reta get for Norah's seventeenth birthday while on a book tour in D.C.?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A purse.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A necklace.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How are Reta and Danielle different?

4. Why does Reta decide not to attend the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?

5. According to Reta, what are women still dismissed and excluded from?

(see the answer key)

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