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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reta explain Norah's strange behavior to Christine and Natalie?
(a) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of goodness.
(b) Reta tells them Norah is living a life of sacrifice and good will.
(c) Reta tells them Norah is living a life devoted to God.
(d) Reta tells them Norah is living a life in pursuit of beauty.

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

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

4. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Reta's mentor?

2. Who suddenly dies at Scribano & Lawrence?

3. How does Reta describe her sexual relationship with Tom?

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

5. Why does Reta write a letter of complaint to an editor of a literary magazine about a series of books called "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reta's husband Tom do for a living and how is it significant concerning Norah's absence?

2. Describe Reta's peculiar behavior when she visits Norah in early November.

3. Why does Reta view her trip to the library as a way of reconnecting with Norah?

4. What are Reta's feelings about Tom and their sexual relationship?

5. Why does Reta realize that she cannot create a perfect woman as a hero in her novel?

6. What is Reta's complaint in her letter to the editor of a literary magazine regarding one of its advertising pages?

7. When does Reta's mind begin to wander and what does she think of during dinner with Tom's physicist friend, Colin Glass?

8. Why does Reta initially think Norah's problems may have stemmed from her relationship with Ben Abbot?

9. What attempt does Reta make to bribe her daughter Norah to come home when she visits her on her street corner and how successful is she?

10. How do Natalie and Christine attempt to give the impression that Norah's absence is part of a normal routine?

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