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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What great themes of literature does Reta tell Helt she learned while in high school?
(a) Birth, death, love, connections, work, and understanding.
(b) Birth, death, good, evil, and sympathy.
(c) Birth, death, work, suffering, and understanding.
(d) Birth, love, work, goodness, and sympathy.

2. What question about Norah does Lois Winters ask every night at dinner?
(a) When is Norah coming home?
(b) Where's Norah?
(c) How is Norah?
(d) Why is Norah gone?

3. What is the subject of the new book Tom is reading?
(a) Trilobites.
(b) Plankton.
(c) Mites.
(d) Fungi.

4. How does Reta sign her letter about the obituary in the Globe and Mail?
(a) I forgive you too. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(b) I grieve for you too. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(c) I will not forgive you. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.
(d) I no longer mourn for you. Rita Hayworth Orange Blossom City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is delivered to the house that is emblematic of life going on in the Winters' household?

2. What assessment does Helt have of Reta's first novel?

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

4. What two languages are spoken during Reta's childhood?

5. What is the name of the hostel Reta writes a check to each month?

(see the answer key)

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