View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reta, young adults live in an age of prolonged _________and protracted__________.
(a) Childhood; independence.
(b) Adulthood; independence.
(c) Adulthood; dependency.
(d) Childhood; dependency.

2. What does Norah ask Reta about their family when she is nine years-old?
(a) Norah asks Reta whether or not they are from Canada.
(b) Norah asks Reta whether or not her parents are married.
(c) Norah asks Reta whether or not her parents are Catholic.
(d) Norah asks Reta whether or not she is adopted.

3. Why does Arthur tell Reta the day after Christmas that he has been up all night?
(a) Because he has been thinking about Alicia.
(b) Because her book needs a lot of work.
(c) Because he is concerned Reta will miss a deadline.
(d) Because he has not received her book.

4. What does Reta call the "worry word" of life?
(a) Until.
(b) Unless.
(c) Because.
(d) Maybe.

5. What is the idea Reta shrinks from when it comes to writing her book?
(a) Reta shrinks from the idea of not being truthful.
(b) Reta shrinks from the idea of writing nonfiction.
(c) Reta shrinks from the idea of being prudish.
(d) Reta shrinks from the idea of being too explicit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arthur Springer call Reta the day after Christmas?

2. Whose personality is Reta worried about developing in her novel?

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

4. What kind of woman does Reta realize she cannot create for a heroine in her novel?

5. In what point of view is Reta considering writing her novel?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample