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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Greed.
(d) She doesn't know.

2. What kind of collars does Tony wear in Chapter 1?
(a) Detachable.
(b) Embroidered.
(c) Plaid.
(d) Lace-edged.

3. What does Zenia start borrowing from Tony in Chapter 25?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her textbooks.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

4. Who reverses words and thinks and writes them backwards?
(a) Tony.
(b) Roz.
(c) Zenia.
(d) West.

5. Who does Tony say in Chapter 1 "was a bad business, and should be left alone"?
(a) Roz.
(b) Mitch.
(c) West.
(d) Zenia.

6. At the end of Chapter 1, from what does Zenia return?
(a) The dead.
(b) Jail.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A trip to Paris.

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

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

9. How does Tony's father, Griff, behave in Chapter 23 once his wife leaves him?
(a) He becomes drunk and depressed.
(b) He starts beating Tony.
(c) He leaves Tony in the care of relatives.
(d) He is a lot happier and remarries.

10. What color is Roz's bedroom at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

11. In Chapter 9, what does Shanita tell Charis that the stopping of Charis's pendulum signifies?
(a) A new romance is in Charis's future.
(b) It's a warning, a bad omen.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Good luck.

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

13. 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 matchbook in his shirt pocket.
(c) A Toxique menu on his desk.
(d) Seeing him there when she lunches with Tony and Charis.

14. As Charis boards the ferry at the end of Chapter 8, whose departure does she recall?
(a) Billy's.
(b) Augusta's.
(c) West's.
(d) Roz's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?

2. What does Roz do when she learns Zenia is still alive?

3. In Chapter 24, what does Tony think that she and Zenia have in common?

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

5. In Chapter 22, who was an English war bride?

(see the answer keys)

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