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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reta bring Norah on the way to her appointment to have her eyebrows tinted?

2. What is the name of the book Reta picks up at Orangetown Library?

3. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?

4. What are the two main characters' names in the sequel to Reta's first novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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