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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of world is Reta interested in creating for her characters?
(a) A fictional but unbelievable world.
(b) A nonfictional but believable world.
(c) A fictional but believable world.
(d) A nonfictional but unbelievable world.

2. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?
(a) They were intimate the first time they met.
(b) They disliked each other the first time they met.
(c) She was seeing another man when they met.
(d) He was seeing another woman when they met.

3. In Reta's letter to Ford-Halpern, what is "an endless series of obstacles, an alignment of locked doors"?
(a) Norah's world.
(b) Danielle's obstacles.
(c) Emma's loss.
(d) Reta's mind.

4. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?
(a) Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
(b) Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
(c) Newton's Laws of Motion.
(d) Curie's Theory of Radioactivity.

5. Who suddenly dies at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Mrs. Lawrence.
(b) Mr. Scribano.
(c) Mr. Lawrence.
(d) Mrs. Scribano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arthur tells Reta the day after Christmas that he has read all the reviews for what book?

2. What two actual events do Reta's writer friends also discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?

3. What newspaper does Emily Helt write for?

4. What great themes of literature does Reta tell Helt she learned while in high school?

5. What does Reta remember about Tom's childhood as they walk in the cemetery?

(see the answer key)

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