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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reta approach Norah when she visits her in early November?
(a) Carefully, as Reta does not want to appear threatening.
(b) Angrily, as Reta is upset by Norah's behavior.
(c) Indifferently, as Reta no longer cares about Norah's panhandling.
(d) Joyfully, as Reta is so happy to see Norah.

2. According to Reta, what is "full of rough corners that seem to me just about to come into their full beauty"?
(a) Reta's writing.
(b) Reta's home.
(c) Reta's daughters.
(d) Reta's husband.

3. What does Reta think most people would assume about the inscription on Mary Leland's headstone?
(a) That Mary would be proud.
(b) That the stone mason made a mistake.
(c) That the inscription is apt.
(d) That Mary's life was hard.

4. What is the name of the book Reta picks up at Orangetown Library?
(a) The Virtue of Victory.
(b) The Loss of Love.
(c) The Goodness Gap.
(d) The Forgiving Fall.

5. According to Arthur, who possesses "profound human goodness"?
(a) Roman.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Norah.
(d) Reta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?

2. What sport have Christine and Natalie given up playing on Saturdays to spend the day with Norah?

3. In her letter to Ford-Halpern, how does Reta think other daughters can be protected from Norah's fate?

4. Why does Arthur Springer from Scribano & Lawrence call Reta to introduce himself?

5. What does Norah do when Reta attempts to forcibly remove her from her street corner?

(see the answer key)

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