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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 Joan react when she sees E.P. Revele?
(a) Almost faints.
(b) Says hello.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Laughs and hugs her.

2. How does Joan react after her father tells her about her mother's death?
(a) Feels guilty and eats nearly everything in the refrigerator.
(b) Talks with her father all night.
(c) Leaves the house.
(d) Goes to sleep.

3. What does Joan try to help her write a new book using the new theme?
(a) Writing Coach.
(b) Lighting a candle and going into a trance.
(c) Writing outside.
(d) New computer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joan contact Arthur from Rome?

2. What does Joan hide from Arthur about her past?

3. How much does Joan get paid for her first manuscript?

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

5. What does the landlord sell to Joan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Joan's approach to meeting Paul and having a relationship with him.

3. How does Joan allow Paul to treat her?

4. Why is Joan's childhood ballet recital such a traumatic experience for her?

5. What are some similarities between Joan and her character Charlotte?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Joan use her personal fears and concerns within the plot of the novel she is writing?

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