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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan use as a weapon to defend herself when a stranger knocks at her door in Terremoto?
(a) Gun.
(b) Scissors.
(c) A wine bottle.
(d) Baseball bat.

2. What does Arthur do to the police officer?
(a) Argues with him.
(b) Taunts him.
(c) Spits on him.
(d) Punches him.

3. In Chapter 33, who does Joan dream is dressed in a navy blue suit and crying behind locked glass doors?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Mr. Vitroni's father.
(c) Fraser Buchanan.
(d) Mr. Vitroni.

4. What does Felicia learn about Redmond in the maze?
(a) He is also lost in the maze.
(b) He looks healthy.
(c) He is devoted to her.
(d) He is a killer.

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

6. As a result of the book, Joan has her first what?
(a) Trip to America.
(b) Television appearance.
(c) Huge royalty advance.
(d) Vacation in Bahamas.

7. Why does Chuck Brewer bring Joan a hat?
(a) To wear in the garden.
(b) He wants to elope with her.
(c) To avoid sunburn.
(d) For playacting.

8. What happens to the reporter when Joan opens the door of her flat in Terremoto?
(a) Joan hugs him.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He gets hit with the wine bottle.
(d) He falls down the stairs.

9. What does Redmond turn into when Felicia sees him in the maze?
(a) Raging monster.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Fearful weakling.
(d) Skeleton.

10. What does the landlord's father discover?
(a) A crack in the foundation.
(b) Joan's letter from Arthur.
(c) A buried tire.
(d) Buried clothes.

11. Who gives an eye witness account of Joan falling off the boat?
(a) Sam.
(b) Passing boaters.
(c) The picnicking family.
(d) Children swimming.

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

13. What does Joan do to her feet while dancing on the balcony?
(a) Cuts them on glass.
(b) They swell up after dancing too much.
(c) Gets them sunburned.
(d) A tarantula bites them.

14. When does Chuck Brewer tell Joan he loves her?
(a) While waltzing.
(b) Walking home after dinner.
(c) After the explosion.
(d) While she reads to him from her novel.

15. When Joan wants to get out of her life, what does she plan to do at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Fake her death.
(b) Write more frequently.
(c) Get an advance from her publisher.
(d) Leave with Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of swimmer does Joan's father say she is?

2. Around the same time Joan is getting anonymous calls, who telephones and invites her to dinner?

3. What is the title of Joan's romance novel?

4. Who is arrested for murder?

5. Why won't Joan write any more Costume Gothics?

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