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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Rainy.
(b) Humid.
(c) Cold and snowy.
(d) Bright and clear and unseasonably warm.

2. Why does Charis go to the Kafay Nwar in Chapter 11?
(a) To apply for a job.
(b) To spy on Zenia.
(c) To meet a man for a date.
(d) To get coffee.

3. What does Roz's parking space at her office read?
(a) Ms. President.
(b) Chief Executive Officer.
(c) Chairman of the Board.
(d) Roz.

4. After Zenia leaves him in Chapter 26, to whom does West turn for comfort and eventually marry?
(a) Charis.
(b) Roz.
(c) Tony.
(d) Augusta.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Tony equate to a European print in which "something ordinary but horrifying is taking place"?
(a) Zenia's beginning.
(b) Zenia's family.
(c) Tony's own art work.
(d) Tony's marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?

2. Who says in Chapter 1 that "A disaster is a disaster; those hurt by it remain hurt, those killed remain killed, the rubble remains rubble"?

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

4. In Chapter 15, what evidence tells Roz her son Larry has been to the Toxique?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, from what does Zenia return?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Tony teacher her students that history is?

2. Describe Tony's relationship with West during her undergraduate days at McClung Hall.

3. Explain the black enamel paint in Zenia and West's apartment in Chapter 19.

4. Describe Tony's sand table and the game she plays on it.

5. Describe the memorial service for Zenia after her supposed death in Lebanon.

6. Explain what has made Tony, Charis, and Roz friends.

7. Explain why Tony feels insecure about West after learning Zenia is still alive.

8. If Zenia is such bad business, why does Tony want to unravel the knot of Zenia and tell her story?

9. Why isn't Tony sure which of Zenia's accounts of herself are true?

10. Explain the significance of Tony's lace-edged collars being mentioned in Chapter 1 alongside a mention of Tony's interest in wars.

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