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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Reta do in lieu of attending the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Reta sends flowers and a note.
(b) Reta grieves at home with her family.
(c) Reta brings a plant to the office.
(d) Reta does nothing.

4. Who lost her own son to a heroin overdose?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Danielle.
(c) Tracy.
(d) Emma.

5. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?
(a) Norah is anxious about her decision to live with her boyfriend.
(b) Norah is disturbed by the sense that she cannot love anyone enough.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reta want to demonstrate when she and Tom visit Ben after Norah's sudden disappearance?

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

3. Why does Reta attend a series of interviews in September?

4. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?

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

(see the answer key)

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