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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What present does Reta get for Norah's seventeenth birthday while on a book tour in D.C.?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A purse.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A sweater.

2. What days does Reta drive to Toronto to see Norah?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

3. What does Reta do in lieu of attending the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?
(a) Reta sends flowers and a note.
(b) Reta does nothing.
(c) Reta brings a plant to the office.
(d) Reta grieves at home with her family.

4. What two actual events do Reta's writer friends also discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?
(a) The woman in Mozambique who gave birth in a tree; the self-immolation of a Muslim woman in Nathan Philips Square.
(b) The recent Canadian election; the war in Afghanistan.
(c) The self-immolation of a Muslim man in China; the poaching of ivory in North Africa.
(d) The military coup in Mozambique; the cost of child care in Toronto.

5. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?
(a) It is Norah's way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(b) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(c) It is Norah's excuse not to finish school and get her degree.
(d) It is Norah's deliberate effort to extiguish herself and be a nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reta decide not to attend the funeral for the person at Scribano & Lawrence?

2. Why does Norah enroll at the University of Toronto?

3. Who does Reta go see after her encounter with Norah in early November?

4. What is the first subject Reta and her writer friends discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?

5. Why does Reta attend a series of interviews in September?

(see the answer key)

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