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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chuck Brewer change physically?
(a) Cuts his hair and shaves his beard.
(b) Grows a beard.
(c) Loses weight.
(d) Gets heavier.

2. What action does Joan fear from Chuck Brewer?
(a) Making her cry.
(b) Exposing her past.
(c) Bad driving.
(d) Murder-suicide.

3. What secret does Joan reveal about her source of inspiration?
(a) Automatic writing.
(b) Political causes.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Gothic mysteries.

4. Who considers herself an escape artist?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Leda Sprott.
(c) Felicia.
(d) Joan.

5. What name does Joan use to purchase a ticket to Rome?
(a) Joan Delacourt.
(b) Joan Foster.
(c) Lou Foster.
(d) Louisa K. Delacourt.

6. Who moves in with Arthur and Joan?
(a) Don.
(b) Sam.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Louise.

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

8. Where do Joan and Arthur travel to?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Greece.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

9. What does Joan wash out in the basin?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Coffee cup.
(c) Socks.
(d) Dishes.

10. What does Joan hide in Royal Porcupine's basement?
(a) Secret journals.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Books.
(d) Old pamphlets.

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

12. What kind of swimmer does Joan's father say she is?
(a) Slow.
(b) Average.
(c) Strong.
(d) Weak.

13. As she is crouched behind her door in her flat in Terremoto, what does Joan do when she hears someone knocking at the door?
(a) She decides to open the door.
(b) She pretends she isn't there.
(c) She asks who is there.
(d) She looks through the peep hole.

14. Who is watching the Olympic doubles figure-skating championships?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Sam.
(c) Chuck Brewer.
(d) Arthur.

15. Why won't Joan write any more Costume Gothics?
(a) She doesn't have time.
(b) She thinks they are bad for her.
(c) She has no more plot ideas.
(d) She forgot how.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "Pull yourself together"?

2. Who would Joan like to have visit her from the Other Side?

3. Why does Joan fall into the water?

4. What does Joan learn about herself at the end of the novel?

5. What is the man's profession who is looking for Joan in Terremoto near the end of the book?

(see the answer keys)

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