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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two languages are spoken during Reta's childhood?
(a) French and Spanish.
(b) English and French.
(c) English and German.
(d) English and Spanish.

2. According to Reta, what is "full of rough corners that seem to me just about to come into their full beauty"?
(a) Reta's writing.
(b) Reta's home.
(c) Reta's husband.
(d) Reta's daughters.

3. 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.

4. What prize did Reta's novel, "My Thyme is Up," win the previous year?
(a) The Offenden Prize.
(b) The Pulitzer Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) The Man Booker Prize.

5. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?
(a) Peace.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two main characters' names in the sequel to Reta's first novel?

2. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?

3. What exercise does Reta find repellent?

4. Why does Reta include "The Hermitage" in her signature at the end of her letter of complaint about "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?

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

(see the answer key)

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