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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?
(a) Intimacy.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Danger.
(d) Prudishness.

2. What is delivered to the house that is emblematic of life going on in the Winters' household?
(a) Mulch.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Books.
(d) Plants.

3. Who does Reta go see after her encounter with Norah in early November?
(a) Emma Allen.
(b) Mr. Scribano.
(c) Alexander Valkner.
(d) Danielle Westerman.

4. What two languages are spoken during Reta's childhood?
(a) English and German.
(b) French and Spanish.
(c) English and French.
(d) English and Spanish.

5. Arthur tells Reta the day after Christmas that he has read all the reviews for what book?
(a) Thyme in Bloom.
(b) My Thyme is Up.
(c) Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World.
(d) The Goodness Gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reta become angry at the male author being interviewed on the literary television show?

2. During lunch, why is Danielle disappointed with Reta's decision to write another novel?

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

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

5. According to Reta, what does she find "monstrous" in the face of Norah's absence?

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