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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Reta immerse herself in despite her continuing grief?
(a) The needs of her daughters.
(b) The trivial concerns about beauty.
(c) The daily responsibilities of her home.
(d) The fictional world of her characters.

3. Who suddenly dies at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Mrs. Scribano.
(b) Mr. Lawrence.
(c) Mrs. Lawrence.
(d) Mr. Scribano.

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

5. 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 because it is part of her research.
(c) Reta attends them on behalf of her mentor.
(d) Reta attends them because she enjoys being interviewed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tom and the girls see as a contradiction about the American event they are fixated on?

2. Why does Reta cry as she writes the check for the hostel each month?

3. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?

4. Why does Reta include "The Hermitage" in her signature at the end of her letter of complaint about "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?

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

(see the answer key)

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