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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 – 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Casey define "double entendre" for Oscar's son in Chapter 31?
(a) Hidden meaning.
(b) Seeing the past.
(c) Seeing the future.
(d) Double meaning.

2. Who wrote Black Tickets?
(a) Jayne Anne Phillips.
(b) Christina Rene Williams.
(c) Renee Michelle Williams.
(d) Mary Jane Rogers.

3. What dessert made by his mother does Oscar bring on his date with Casey in Chapter 21?
(a) Lemon tart.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Carrot cake.
(d) Apple pie.

4. Where does Silas work?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A high school.
(d) A record store.

5. When Casey asks Mary Hand how long she has worked at Iris, Mary responds that she has been there since about what presidential administration?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Truman.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Muriel, "once said that a good story is both an allegory and a slice of life" (253)?

2. At whose apartment building does Casey drop off her manuscript in Chapter 22?

3. Who were the couple that Luke took Casey to visit and see their beehives?

4. What does Casey say "rests more easily on men" (118) in Chapter 8?

5. How many pages of her novel has Casey written at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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