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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?
(a) Norah is upset that she cannot spend more time with her sisters.
(b) Norah is afraid that she will disappoint her parents by failing school.
(c) Norah is anxious about her decision to live with her boyfriend.
(d) Norah is disturbed by the sense that she cannot love anyone enough.

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

3. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?
(a) It is Norah's excuse not to finish school and get her degree.
(b) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(c) It is Norah's way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(d) It is Norah's deliberate effort to extiguish herself and be a nothing.

4. Why is Colin's marriage to Marietta troubled?
(a) Because Marietta has suddenly left Colin.
(b) Because Colin has suddenly left Marietta.
(c) Because Colin is unfaithful.
(d) Because Marietta is unfaithful.

5. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?
(a) Whether she loves him.
(b) Whether she trusts him.
(c) Whether she dislikes him.
(d) Whether she respects him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task do Reta and Tom engage in after the package is delivered to the Winters' home?

2. What is the first subject Reta and her writer friends discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?

3. What do Reta, Tom, Christine, and Natalie do in the car in Toronto?

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

5. Who is playing the piano when Reta and Tom have finished their work after their package is delivered?

(see the answer key)

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