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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Iris's favorite bathroom stall?
(a) The cookie bakery.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The country club.
(d) The doughnut shop.

2. What is the primary good manufactured by Chase Industries?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Watches.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Nails.

3. What happened the week after Iris and Richard's wedding?
(a) Iris fell off a ship.
(b) Norval Chase died.
(c) Reenie had her baby.
(d) Laura Chase died.

4. Where does the protagonist of the novel within the novel keep the picture at which she looks in the prologue?
(a) In her sock drawer.
(b) In a cookie tin.
(c) In a book.
(d) In a kitchen drawer.

5. Where was Laura rumored to be?
(a) The attic of Avilion.
(b) With Alex Thomas in the park.
(c) Sunnyside Beach Amusement Park.
(d) A summer residence in Muskoka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is reputed to have authored 'The Blind Assassin'?

2. Why are the invaders friendly to strangers?

3. Why does the king of Sakiel-Norn decide he wants to kill his mistress?

4. What are the aristocrats called in the man's story?

5. What is the name of the city in which the man's story takes place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Benjamin Chase marry Adelia?

2. In chapter 4, X is hired to kill the king. How is X supposed to get close enough to the king to kill him?

3. How does Laura respond to living with Richard and Iris?

4. In chapter 1, what is the official conclusion of Laura's cause of death?

5. In chapter 4, how does the woman feel about the man's story?

6. According to chapter 6, does the man enjoy writing science fiction stories?

7. According to the news article in chapter 4, how does Norval Chase respond to the economic depression?

8. Do you think X's chose the right course of action regarding the tongueless virgin?

9. In chapter 5, Laura does something that scares and angers Iris because she thinks it will save her dead mother. What does Laura do?

10. In chapter 1, do you think Iris is too concerned with maintaining appearances?

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