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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reta remember about Tom's childhood as they walk in the cemetery?
(a) She remembers that Tom ran away from home.
(b) She remembers that his mother was a terrible housekeeper.
(c) She remembers that his father was in the army.
(d) She remembers that his family lost their fortune.

2. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?
(a) It is Norah's excuse not to finish school and get her degree.
(b) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(c) It is Norah's way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(d) It is Norah's deliberate effort to extiguish herself and be a nothing.

3. Why does Arthur ask Reta to send him a draft?
(a) So that he can share it with his colleagues.
(b) So that he can help her in the writing of it.
(c) So that he can correct her grammar.
(d) So that he can make sure she is doing a good job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner, after Reta and Tom have finished their work, where do Reta's thoughts turn to besides Norah?

2. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?

3. What subjects are Christine and Natalie studying for their exams?

4. According to Reta, what can "help us turn down the volume of our own interior discourse"?

5. After Reta discovers Norah's wrists, what does Tom leave for Norah when he sees her in Toronto?

(see the answer key)

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