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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 50, what does Roz dream about?
(a) Mitch.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) Her children.
(d) An abandoned and empty house, and a man who is Zenia.

2. How does Tony respond when Zenia asks to hide out at Tony's home?
(a) Tony threatens Zenia with the Luger.
(b) Tony calls West and tells him she's bringing home a guest.
(c) Tony says no.
(d) Tony offers to pay for a hotel room for Zenia instead.

3. What happens when Charis tells Billy she's pregnant?
(a) Billy is excited and looks forward to being a father.
(b) Billy tells Charis to get an abortion.
(c) Billy leaves on a ferry with Zenia.
(d) Billy asks Charis to marry him.

4. What does Billy tell Charis that Zenia is faking?
(a) Her financial need.
(b) Her family background.
(c) Her affection for Charis.
(d) Her cancer.

5. Who pays for Zenia's funeral in Chapter 55?
(a) Tony.
(b) Charis.
(c) West.
(d) Roz.

6. In Chapter 55, what secret is revealed to Roz by Boyce and Larry?
(a) That Zenia killed Mitch.
(b) That Boyce has been embezzling money from Roz.
(c) That Larry is a drug addict.
(d) That Larry is gay, and Boyce is his lover.

7. In Chapter 50, what does Charis see through Zenia's eyes in the astral realm?
(a) Zenia's dead mother.
(b) Billy looking like raw meat.
(c) Dead chickens.
(d) The ferry to the island.

8. What do Zenia and her male companion seem to be doing when Zenia sees them at the beginning of Chapter 28?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Making a financial transaction.
(d) Getting married.

9. In Chapter 39, what does Roz think is a better name for Zenia than "The Robber Bride"?
(a) The Bridegroom Stealer.
(b) The Lying Broad.
(c) The Robber Broad.
(d) The Man Stealer.

10. How does West respond when Tony tells him he is the most interesting man she's ever known?
(a) He cries.
(b) He tells her he loves Zenia more than her.
(c) He says he wants a divorce.
(d) He says he loves her much more than he ever loved Zenia.

11. Who does Zenia move in with in Chapter 47?
(a) Charis.
(b) Tony.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Roz.

12. In Chapter 51, what does West tell Tony that Zenia said to attract him?
(a) That she loved him.
(b) That she was lonely.
(c) That she knew more about sex than Tony.
(d) That she was frigid because a priest sexually abused her.

13. What reason does Zenia give for leaving Charis's home?
(a) She has finally saved enough money to get her own place.
(b) She is moving in with a new boyfriend.
(c) She is moving to Seattle.
(d) Billy, Charis's boyfriend, can't keep his hands off her.

14. How does Charis meet Zenia in Chapter 31?
(a) Billy brings Zenia home.
(b) Zenia comes to Charis's yoga class.
(c) They meet at church.
(d) They run into each other at a college reunion.

15. How did Charis and Zenia originally meet?
(a) They were once neighbors.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They were once coworkers.
(d) They both lived in McClung Hall as university students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vision does Charis have when staring into a candle flame in Chapter 54?

2. Where do Tony, Charis and Roz meet for dinner at the beginning of Chapter 51?

3. When Karen is sent to live with Aunt Vi, what does her grandmother give her?

4. In Chapter 51, Tony and her dinner companions have each seen who that day?

5. Who is the young man Charis sees with Zenia at the beginning of Chapter 28?

(see the answer keys)

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