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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlene claim she did to help Joan out of the water?
(a) Pull her out of the water.
(b) Jump in to save her.
(c) Throw her a life preserver.
(d) Throw her a rope.

2. Who confesses to the police that she took her father's dynamite?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Joan.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Charlotte.

3. What is the name of the restaurant that Joan goes to with the Polish Count?
(a) Panza's.
(b) Gauloise.
(c) Zerdo's.
(d) Bitty Bit.

4. What do the older townspeople believe Joan will bring them?
(a) Novels.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Money.
(d) Bad luck.

5. Why can't Joan drive her car?
(a) She has a flat tire.
(b) The window is smashed.
(c) It has been stolen.
(d) The gas has been drained.

6. What kind of boat does Joan rent?
(a) Rowboat.
(b) Motorboat.
(c) Canoe.
(d) Sailboat.

7. Why does Joan fall into the water?
(a) The boom hits her.
(b) Marlene pushes her in.
(c) Sam capsizes the boat.
(d) She jumps off the boat.

8. What does Joan learn about herself at the end of the novel?
(a) That she has made a mess, but she will never be a tidy person.
(b) The stranger will take care of her.
(c) She is safe in Terremoto.
(d) She is ready to move to Rome.

9. Who is Chuck Brewer?
(a) Fraser Buchanan.
(b) Don.
(c) Sam.
(d) Royal Porcupine.

10. What stops Joan from trying to write a different kind of novel?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Her belief in happy endings.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Lack of encouragement.

11. Who says "Pull yourself together"?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Sam.
(d) Joan.

12. What kind of art does Joan find at the art show?
(a) Porcupine sculptures.
(b) Freezers containing run-over dead animals.
(c) Bird watercolors.
(d) Bronzes of animals.

13. As Joan is writing her novel while in Terremoto, what character is she getting tired of because of their virtuous and tidy habits?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Otterly.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Redmond.

14. When Joan goes to town in Terremoto, who is unfriendly and doesn't help her with using the correct words?
(a) The butcher and his wife.
(b) Priest.
(c) Mr. Vitroni.
(d) Joan's mother.

15. Who does Joan believe is leaving her death notes?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Mavis Quilp.
(c) Paul.
(d) Mr. Zerdo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joan hide in Royal Porcupine's basement?

2. Who gives an eye witness account of Joan falling off the boat?

3. In Chapter 33, who does Joan dream is dressed in a navy blue suit and crying behind locked glass doors?

4. Now that Joan is living in Terremoto, what is happening with the sale of her book?

5. Who does Joan ask to help with her plan to get away?

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