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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Enamel, Chapters 17-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony say comes unraveled if you "pick any strand and snip"?
(a) Tony's life.
(b) History.
(c) Roz's knitting.
(d) Zenia's love for West.

2. How many children does Roz have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. Over what lake does a breeze blow at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Lake Ponchartrain.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Michigan.

4. At the end of Chapter 1, where does Tony have lunch?
(a) A New York City deli.
(b) The Toxique.
(c) A park bench in downtown Toronto.
(d) A Mexican restaurant called El Dominguez.

5. In Chapter 1, what is the topic of what Tony describes as one of her more convoluted lectures?
(a) French colonialism.
(b) The English Regency.
(c) The Italian Renaissance.
(d) The dynamics of spontaneous massacres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date does Tony decide to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?

2. What nickname does Tony's mother, Anthea, give Tony as an infant?

3. With whom does Tony have lunch at the end of Chapter 1?

4. When Zenia asks Tony in Chapter 19 what her passion is, how does Tony respond?

5. Which of the following is not true about Tony's relationship with West at the beginning of Chapter 19?

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