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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arthur rescue Joan in front of the mirror?
(a) Helping her bandage a cut.
(b) By shaking her awake.
(c) Picking up broken pieces of glass.
(d) Fighting off an intruder.

2. What does Paul offer to Joan?
(a) To live with him.
(b) To teach her Polish.
(c) To escort her back to her mother's home.
(d) To be her husband.

3. Who does Joan like to go to the movies with?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aunt Lou.

4. What job does Joan love doing at the Sportsmen's Show?
(a) Water girl.
(b) Ticket seller.
(c) Arrow girl.
(d) Food seller.

5. Why does Joan show up on Arthur's doorstep and ask to be his roommate?
(a) Paul's apartment building burns down.
(b) Joan is evicted from Paul's apartment.
(c) Paul leaves Joan.
(d) She leaves Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joan hide her career as a novelist from Arthur?

2. How many pounds does Joan gain before her wedding?

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

4. What is the relationship between Arthur and Joan?

5. How does Joan feel when she can't find time to write?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joan like to go to the movies with her Aunt Lou?

2. Why does Joan want to start a new life?

3. Describe Arthur's state of mind in Chapter 20.

4. How does Joan's mother try to control Joan's weight?

5. How does Joan begin to take on a new identity after leaving home?

6. How does Joan change after becoming willing to publish Lady Oracle under her own name?

7. How does Arthur make it easy for Joan to continue to lie to him?

8. Why does Joan try to stop the publication of Lady Oracle?

9. Describe Leda Sprott's appearance and her significance at Joan's wedding.

10. Why does Joan find it difficult to write when Arthur is depressed?

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