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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. Where are Zenia's ashes interred in Chapter 3?
(a) In a public park.
(b) Under a tree at the cemetery.
(c) In Lebanon, where Zenia was killed.
(d) In the ocean.

2. In Chapter 10, why does Charis ask the waitress at Toxique for a corner table near the mirror?
(a) Charis is vain and likes to look at her own reflection.
(b) Charis likes to see who's approaching her.
(c) Mirrors deflect negative energy.
(d) Charis likes the view from that table.

3. What nickname does Tony's mother, Anthea, give Tony as an infant?
(a) Baby.
(b) Guppy.
(c) Sweetkins.
(d) Honey.

4. In Chapter 15, what evidence tells Roz her son Larry has been to the Toxique?
(a) A credit card receipt from the Toxique in his wallet.
(b) A Toxique menu on his desk.
(c) Seeing him there when she lunches with Tony and Charis.
(d) A Toxique matchbook in his shirt pocket.

5. What does Tony say at the beginning of Chapter 1 that Zenia would do "earnestly, with a catch in her voice, a quaver of suppressed grief, or... haltingly, as if confessing"?
(a) Sing.
(b) Beg for forgiveness.
(c) Pray.
(d) Lie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Shanita tell Charis that the stopping of Charis's pendulum signifies?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Charis's pendulum do when she asks it if she will have a good day?

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

5. What does Roz's parking space at her office read?

(see the answer key)

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