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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 brings a plant to the office.
(c) Reta does nothing.
(d) Reta grieves at home with her family.

2. How old does Christine, Reta's daughter, turn in October?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

3. What has a dormitory appearance with meals served and an enforced curfew?
(a) The hostel.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) The psychiatric hospital.
(d) The University of Toronto.

4. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?
(a) Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
(b) Newton's Laws of Motion.
(c) Curie's Theory of Radioactivity.
(d) Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

5. 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"?
(a) Because Reta feels as a mother she should tend to her family.
(b) Because Reta feels as a woman she should focus on her home.
(c) Because Reta feels as a woman she is shut out of the universe.
(d) Because Reta feels as a writer she needs to work away from people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task do Reta and Tom engage in after the package is delivered to the Winters' home?

2. What sport have Christine and Natalie given up playing on Saturdays to spend the day with Norah?

3. What praise does Reta give Alexander Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?

4. What is the name of the book Reta picks up at Orangetown Library?

5. What does Norah ask Reta about their family when she is nine years-old?

(see the answer key)

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