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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) Humid.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Cold and snowy.
(d) Bright and clear and unseasonably warm.

2. What date does Tony decide to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) July 4, 2000.
(b) January 15, 1959.
(c) December 25, 1995.
(d) October 23, 1990.

3. What does Tony believe has helped her gain acceptance in the traditionally male field of the study of the history of warfare?
(a) Her brilliant doctoral dissertation.
(b) Her great intellect.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her tiny size.

4. Which of the following is not a result of Zenia's friendship with Tony in Chapter 20?
(a) Tony starts dating lots of men.
(b) The theater crowd accepts Tony's presence.
(c) Zenia learns Tony's life story.
(d) The Common Room girls stop treating Tony as a pet.

5. In Chapter 3, who does Tony recall said nice things about Zenia at her memorial service?
(a) West.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Zenia's lawyer.
(d) Tony.

6. In Chapter 9, what changes does Shanita tell Charis that she is going to make to the shop because of the recession?
(a) Extending the hours it's open.
(b) Adding tea and refreshments to the products they sell.
(c) Reducing the hours it's open.
(d) Changing its name to "Scrimpers" and selling cheap things.

7. In Chapter 8, for whom does Charis mistake her daughter Augusta when she appears unexpectedly at Charis's back door?
(a) Tony.
(b) Zenia.
(c) Billy.
(d) Roz.

8. In Chapter 19, how are the walls of West's apartment painted when Tony goes there for a party?
(a) Glossy black enamel.
(b) Red and pink spray paint.
(c) Neon green paint.
(d) Silver glitter and purple paint.

9. What does Tony say near the end of Chapter 1 about beginning and ending points in the study of history?
(a) Wars mark them.
(b) There is always one clear choice.
(c) All choices are arbitrary.
(d) The birth of kings and other rulers dictate them.

10. At Zenia's funeral in Chapter 3, who feels relieved that Zenia is dead?
(a) Billy.
(b) West.
(c) Zenia's lawyer.
(d) Tony, Roz and Charis.

11. At the end of Chapter 27, who does Tony want to protect from Zenia?
(a) West.
(b) Roz.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Charis.

12. What evidence tells Tony that West knows about Zenia's death?
(a) West's attendance at Zenia's memorial service.
(b) West's weeping.
(c) The phone call Tony overhears between West and Billy.
(d) A hole in the newspaper where he cut out Zenia's death notice.

13. What event is not happening on the day Tony decides to use as the starting point for Zenia's story?
(a) A large hole has developed in the ozone layer.
(b) The Soviet bloc is crumbling.
(c) There's trouble in the Gulf.
(d) A new U.S. president is being elected.

14. How does Anthea die in Chapter 23?
(a) A drug overdose.
(b) An accidental drowning.
(c) A plane crash.
(d) A heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is West's profession?

2. What does West do when Zenia returns after he has married Tony?

3. If Tony can understand the person she thinks is a puzzle and knot, what does she hope will happen?

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

5. What interests Tony more than births and deaths and marriages?

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