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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. Why does Arthur tell Reta the day after Christmas that it is urgent that she come to New York?
(a) Because he wants to have a conference before she finishes the first draft.
(b) Because he wants to meet before he leaves the country.
(c) Because he wants her to sign a six figure book deal.
(d) Because he wants her to give a reading at a major bookstore.

2. What is the name of the hospital that Norah is in?
(a) Toronto Psychiatric Hospital.
(b) Toronto General Hospital.
(c) Ontario General Hospital.
(d) Ontario Psychiatric Hospital.

3. In the short story that Reta writes her letter about, what does the Czech professor see in the medical supply shop that disgusts him?
(a) An oxygen tank.
(b) A colostomy bag.
(c) A mastectomy bra.
(d) An artifical limb.

4. For what dish did Lois win a prize at the Orangetown Fair?
(a) Irish stew.
(b) Greek baklava.
(c) English fish and chips.
(d) German honey cake.

5. What does Arthur consider the last chapter in Reta's novel to be?
(a) The least important.
(b) The most important.
(c) The worst.
(d) The best.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arthur frighten when he accidentally knocks over the object at Reta's house?

2. Who lost her own son to a heroin overdose?

3. What month does Reta finally meet Arthur Springer for the first time at her home?

4. What do the Winters believe Norah will do with the package Christine and Natalie give her?

5. According to Reta, what is the most egregious change Arthur suggests she make in her novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reta sign her letter to Dennis Ford-Halpern, "Yours, Rita Orange d'Ville"?

2. What does Reta notice on Norah's wrists that cause Tom to forget his trilobites and research stress and trauma?

3. Why is Lois's conversation with Arthur when she comes over to investigate about dinner significant?

4. Why does Reta feel that Arthur's suggestion to focus on Roman instead of Alicia is an egregious one?

5. In her letter to Russell Sandor, Reta states that she fears nothing. Why does she feel this way and how does she prove it in her letter?

6. What does Reta and Tom's walk in Orangetown cemetery represent?

7. What is Reta's central point in her letter to Helt?

8. At the hospital, what does Natalie reveal about the injuries to Norah's hands?

9. In her letter about the death of Peter Harding, how does Reta compare herself to Norah?

10. How do the meetings with her friends at the Orange Blossom Room ground Reta in reality?

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