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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reta, young adults live in an age of prolonged _________and protracted__________.
(a) Childhood; independence.
(b) Adulthood; independence.
(c) Childhood; dependency.
(d) Adulthood; dependency.

2. What sport have Christine and Natalie given up playing on Saturdays to spend the day with Norah?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Raquetball.

3. What is the name of Reta's friend, a medical journalist who lives in Newfoundland?
(a) Edith Ackman.
(b) Emma Allen.
(c) Esther Alford.
(d) Emily Alister.

4. 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 way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(c) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(d) It is Norah's deliberate effort to extiguish herself and be a nothing.

5. What does Reta do in lieu of attending the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Reta sends flowers and a note.
(b) Reta grieves at home with her family.
(c) Reta brings a plant to the office.
(d) Reta does nothing.

6. Why does Norah enroll at the University of Toronto?
(a) To be closer to her family.
(b) To live with her boyfriend.
(c) To get away from her family.
(d) To get away from her boyfriend.

7. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?
(a) Because men view women as lacking moral authority and capability.
(b) Because men view women as more capable and superior.
(c) Because men view women as incapable of rational thought.
(d) Because men view women as superior to everyday concerns.

8. What is the signal Reta gives to Lois for her to come over for her nightly meal with the family?
(a) Reta shuts the red kitchen curtains.
(b) Reta shuts the patio door.
(c) Reta opens the red kitchen curtains.
(d) Reta opens the patio door.

9. Why does Reta decide not to attend the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Because Reta thinks the person who died was not good.
(b) Because Reta is going to see Norah instead.
(c) Because Reta cannot handle more grief.
(d) Because Reta does not know the person who died very well.

10. What is the name of the university Norah is accepted to in 1998?
(a) St. Mary's University.
(b) University of Victoria.
(c) King's College.
(d) McGill University.

11. In the few weeks prior to her disappearance, who does Ben think Norah might have a problem with that would account for her uncharacteristic behavior?
(a) One of her co-workers.
(b) One of her professors.
(c) One of her sisters.
(d) One of her friends.

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

13. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?
(a) Danger.
(b) Prudishness.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Excitement.

14. According to Ben, Norah had become uncharacteristically __________ and __________ in the few weeks prior to her disappearance.
(a) Depressed; lethargic.
(b) Calm; peaceful.
(c) Manic; jumpy.
(d) Irritable; short-tempered.

15. What does Reta bring Norah on the way to her appointment to have her eyebrows tinted?
(a) Food and a picture of Pet.
(b) Shoes and books.
(c) Books and a picture of Christine and Natalie.
(d) Food and a warm coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?

2. What are the two main characters' names in the sequel to Reta's first novel?

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

4. What days does Reta drive to Toronto to see Norah?

5. According to Reta, what is the most important aspect in her life?

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