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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Arthur protesting in the park?
(a) Equal rights.
(b) Fair trade.
(c) Banning the bomb.
(d) Factory closings.

2. Why does Joan get scared when she's working on her novel in her apartment in Terremoto?
(a) She is scared by the shadows flickering across the wall.
(b) A tarantula is in her bedroom.
(c) She hears her landlord pounding at her door.
(d) She hears a sound outside on the path.

3. What does Joan's father say about how her mother died?
(a) She was sick for a long time.
(b) That she fell down the stairs and broke her neck.
(c) She had a terrible illness.
(d) She died in her sleep.

4. What color is Joan's hair in Chapter 1?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

5. What new name does Joan take when she rents a room?
(a) Miss Lou Foster.
(b) Ms. D. Foster.
(c) Miss L. Delacourt.
(d) Miss Charlotte Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joan buy in Rome?

2. How much does Joan get paid for her first manuscript?

3. Whose death does Joan learn about in Chapter 11?

4. Where does Joan find her manuscript?

5. What does Joan remember as her favorite childhood activity?

(see the answer key)

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