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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. What flower is the man in the ravine holding?
(a) Lily.
(b) Rose.
(c) Primrose.
(d) Daffodil.

2. What kind of dreams does Joan have of her mother?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Easily forgotten.
(c) Loving.
(d) None.

3. Who is coming to visit Paul?
(a) Ex-wife.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

4. What new thing does Joan try in Chapter 10?
(a) Automatic writing.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Carpentry.

5. How are Joan and her fictional character similar?
(a) They like to dance.
(b) They both have frightening experiences with men.
(c) They both have brothers.
(d) They share the same last name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Terremoto mean in Italian?

2. What new name does Joan take when she rents a room?

3. What does Joan remember as her favorite childhood activity?

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

5. What letter is missing from Joan's typewriter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is discovering that Paul writes romance novels valuable to Joan's life?

3. Why does Joan bury her clothes?

4. Who does Leda Sprott see standing behind Joan at the Spiritualists' meeting?

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

6. How is Joan's relationship with Arthur based on lies?

7. What role does Marlene Pugh reappearance in Joan's life play?

8. Why do the other girls treat Joan badly as they walk home from Brownies every Tuesday?

9. How does Joan see her father differently after she returns home for the funeral?

10. Explain why Joan does not tell her husband Arthur that she writes Costume Gothic novels.

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