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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Reta's struggle about what a writer of fiction should give the reader?
(a) How much her characters should be like her readers.
(b) How many points of view should be given.
(c) How many metaphors and similes should be used.
(d) How much background information should be given.

2. Why do Christine and Natalie think something terrible must have happened to Norah?
(a) Because Norah told them something terrible happened.
(b) Because Norah has made such a drastic change in her life.
(c) Because they heard something terrible may have happened to Norah.
(d) Because they witnessed something terrible happening to Norah.

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

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

5. During lunch, why is Danielle disappointed with Reta's decision to write another novel?
(a) Because she wants Reta to translate another one of her books.
(b) Because she considers writing fiction a trivial pursuit.
(c) Because she thinks Reta's first novel wasn't very good.
(d) Because she wants Reta to focus on rescuing Norah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reta think of Helt's assessment of her first novel?

2. Who is Dennis Ford-Halpern?

3. What is the name of the previous owners of Reta and Tom's Ontario farmhouse?

4. How does Tessa discover the mystery of Norah's disappearance six months prior?

5. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?

(see the answer key)

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