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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 the name of the place Reta meets her friends on Tuesdays?
(a) Orange Blossom Room.
(b) Green Blossom Room.
(c) Red Blossom Room.
(d) Yellow Blossom Room.

2. What constant preoccupation does Reta think is not a normal activity for anyone BUT writers?
(a) The constant preoccupation with the self.
(b) The constant preoccupation with real life and death concerns.
(c) The constant preoccupation with a world that exists in the imagination.
(d) The constant preoccupation with recreating the past.

3. What does Reta notice on Norah's wrists?
(a) Scratches and bruises.
(b) Scabs and red sores.
(c) Bandaids and gauze.
(d) Scabs and tattoos.

4. What kind of woman does Reta realize she cannot create for a heroine in her novel?
(a) A trustworthy woman.
(b) An imperfect woman.
(c) An evil woman.
(d) A perfect woman.

5. What does Reta discover behind the furnace that belonged to the previous owners?
(a) A child's report card.
(b) A love letter.
(c) A confession of infidelity.
(d) An invitation to a baby shower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helt's central thesis in her review of a female author?

2. Why do Christine and Natalie think something terrible must have happened to Norah?

3. What is the name of Reta's friend, a medical journalist who lives in Newfoundland?

4. How old does Christine, Reta's daughter, turn in October?

5. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?

(see the answer key)

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