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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What rationale does Reta offer about Norah's strange behavior in her letter to Valkner?
(a) It is Norah's attempt to be special and above everyone else.
(b) It is Norah's way of getting back at Reta for not being there for her.
(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.
2. What has a dormitory appearance with meals served and an enforced curfew?
(a) The YMCA.
(b) The hostel.
(c) The University of Toronto.
(d) The psychiatric hospital.
3. What problem does Reta initially attribute Norah's disappearance to when she first goes missing?
(a) Norah's relationship with her boyfriend.
(b) Norah's relationship with Reta.
(c) Norah's relationship with her sisters.
(d) Norah's relationship with her father.
4. Why does Arthur ask Reta to send him a draft?
(a) So that he can make sure she is doing a good job.
(b) So that he can share it with his colleagues.
(c) So that he can correct her grammar.
(d) So that he can help her in the writing of it.
5. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?
(a) Peace.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Goodness.
6. What American event are Tom and the girls presently fixated on as they watch the news?
(a) The Kentucky Derby.
(b) The presidential election.
(c) The Indy 500.
(d) The State of the Union address.
7. Where is the apartment Norah shares with her boyfriend located in the building in Toronto?
(a) The basement.
(b) The top floor.
(c) The fourth floor.
(d) The first floor.
8. How old does Christine, Reta's daughter, turn in October?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.
9. What are the two main characters' names in the sequel to Reta's first novel?
(a) Alice and Robert.
(b) Andrea and Ramon.
(c) Amy and Richard.
(d) Alicia and Roman.
10. What do Tom and the girls see as a contradiction about the American event they are fixated on?
(a) They see the Kentucky Derby as a contradiction to government regulation of gambling.
(b) They see the Indy 500 as a contradiction to public concern for safety.
(c) They see the election results in Florida as a contradiction to the checks and balances system in the constitution.
(d) They see the presidential speech as a contradiction to the realities of the Iraq war.
11. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?
(a) Danger.
(b) Prudishness.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Excitement.
12. What exercise does Reta find repellent?
(a) Writing her book.
(b) Counting her blessings.
(c) Vacuuming her house.
(d) Researching her novel.
13. How are Reta and Danielle different?
(a) Reta is young and successful; Danielle is old and poor.
(b) Reta is married with children; Danielle is single and childless.
(c) Reta is Canadian; Danielle is American.
(d) Reta is a novelist; Danielle is a biographer.
14. Why does Reta become angry at the male author being interviewed on the literary television show?
(a) Because he is more successful than she is.
(b) Because he dismisses her writing to the host.
(c) Because he lacks talent and imagination.
(d) Because he doesn't mention any female writers who have influenced him.
15. Who is Reta's mentor?
(a) Danielle Westerman.
(b) Colin Glass.
(c) Tom Winters
(d) Madame Sylvia.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Reta approach Norah when she visits her in early November?
2. In what point of view is Reta considering writing her novel?
3. What draft does Arthur ask Reta to send him?
4. What does Reta want to demonstrate when she and Tom visit Ben after Norah's sudden disappearance?
5. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?
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