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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan's mother do to her when Joan tells her she is planning to move from home?
(a) Helps her pack.
(b) Pleads with her to stay.
(c) Buys her dishes.
(d) Stabs her with a knife.

2. Who is Mavis Quilp?
(a) Joan's elderly aunt.
(b) Paul's pseudonym.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Paul's mother.

3. Whose death does Joan learn about in Chapter 11?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Aunt Denise.
(d) Mother.

4. What pet is Joan allowed to have?
(a) Cat.
(b) Hamster.
(c) Fish.
(d) Snake.

5. Who is Joan named after?
(a) Joan Crawford.
(b) Joan Black.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Joan Rivers.

6. Why does Joan begin to fear Paul?
(a) He becomes jealous and begins to follow her.
(b) He listens to her phone conversations.
(c) He has a gun.
(d) He tells her he's leaving her.

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

8. In Chapter 9, what does Joan believe she excelled at in high school?
(a) Sports.
(b) Feeling confident.
(c) Making friends.
(d) Swimming.

9. In Chapter 5, what does Joan's mother chastise her about?
(a) Her grades.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her foul language.
(d) Her weight.

10. In Chapter 3, what is the weather when Joan awakens?
(a) Hailing.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Raining.
(d) The sun is shining.

11. Where does Joan find her manuscript?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) In a suitcase.
(c) In the sweater drawer.
(d) In the underwear drawer.

12. What does Joan start writing while living with Paul?
(a) Gothic costume novels.
(b) Nurse romances.
(c) Crime fiction.
(d) Poetry.

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

14. How does Joan react when she sees E.P. Revele?
(a) Laughs and hugs her.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Says hello.
(d) Almost faints.

15. Who is Joan's fictional heroine?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Rosalind.
(d) Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does the publisher give Joan's new book?

2. What does Joan try to help her write a new book using the new theme?

3. What is the relationship between Arthur and Joan?

4. How does Arthur respond to Joan's bad cooking?

5. When Joan returns to Arthur's flat in England, who is she surprised to see standing in the middle of the parlor?

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