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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Reta initially attribute Norah's disappearance to when she first goes missing?
(a) Norah's relationship with her sisters.
(b) Norah's relationship with Reta.
(c) Norah's relationship with her father.
(d) Norah's relationship with her boyfriend.

2. In what point of view is Reta considering writing her novel?
(a) Third-person omniscient point of view.
(b) Second-person point of view.
(c) Third-person limited point of view.
(d) First-person point of view.

3. What draft does Arthur ask Reta to send him?
(a) The first draft of her new novel.
(b) The final draft of her next novel.
(c) The first draft of her next novel.
(d) The final draft of her new novel.

4. What is delivered to the house that is emblematic of life going on in the Winters' household?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Books.
(c) Mulch.
(d) Plants.

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

6. How does Tessa discover the mystery of Norah's disappearance six months prior?
(a) Tessa discovers Norah's diary in the Orangetown Library.
(b) Tessa's mother sees Norah walking down Bloor and Bathurst in Toronto.
(c) Tessa finds Norah panhandling outside the subway in Toronto.
(d) Tessa runs into Norah outside the Toronto library.

7. What do Reta, Tom, Christine, and Natalie do in the car in Toronto?
(a) They ponder the future and laugh.
(b) They share memories of Norah and laugh.
(c) They stare out the windshield and cry.
(d) They talk about their feelings and cry.

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

9. 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 incapable of rational thought.
(c) Because men view women as superior to everyday concerns.
(d) Because men view women as more capable and superior.

10. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?
(a) Whether she loves him.
(b) Whether she respects him.
(c) Whether she dislikes him.
(d) Whether she trusts him.

11. What is the name of the previous owners of Reta and Tom's Ontario farmhouse?
(a) McGinn.
(b) McGregor.
(c) McGafferty.
(d) McGuffin.

12. What two actual events do Reta's writer friends also discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?
(a) The military coup in Mozambique; the cost of child care in Toronto.
(b) The woman in Mozambique who gave birth in a tree; the self-immolation of a Muslim woman in Nathan Philips Square.
(c) The self-immolation of a Muslim man in China; the poaching of ivory in North Africa.
(d) The recent Canadian election; the war in Afghanistan.

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

14. Who is Reta's mentor?
(a) Danielle Westerman.
(b) Madame Sylvia.
(c) Colin Glass.
(d) Tom Winters

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Reta cry as she writes the check for the hostel each month?

3. What does Norah accidentally find in the pocket of Christine's winter parka?

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

5. How does Reta approach Norah when she visits her in early November?

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