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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The nature of _______dominates the conversation between Reta and Danielle at lunch.
(a) Faith.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Love.

3. What is the signal Reta gives to Lois for her to come over for her nightly meal with the family?
(a) Reta shuts the patio door.
(b) Reta opens the red kitchen curtains.
(c) Reta opens the patio door.
(d) Reta shuts the red kitchen curtains.

4. What does Tracy Halliday want a huge jar of marbles to represent for Norah?
(a) The number of prayers Norah's family has said for her.
(b) The number of visitors Norah will have on her street corner.
(c) The number of Saturdays in Norah's life if she were to live to be eighty.
(d) The number of memories Tracy has of her.

5. Who lost her own son to a heroin overdose?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Tracy.
(c) Emma.
(d) Danielle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the cemetery, what is the inscription beneath Mary Leland's name on her headstone?

2. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?

3. What does Reta think most people would assume about the inscription on Mary Leland's headstone?

4. What is the name of Reta's new novel?

5. What troubles Norah when she comes home one weekend her second year at university?

(see the answer key)

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