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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 is the relationship between Arthur and Joan?
(a) They are husband and wife.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are coworkers.
(d) They are brother and sister.

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

3. How does Joan feel when she can't find time to write?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Blocked.
(d) Happier.

4. Why does Joan begin to fear Paul?
(a) He listens to her phone conversations.
(b) He has a gun.
(c) He becomes jealous and begins to follow her.
(d) He tells her he's leaving her.

5. In Chapter 12, how long does it take Joan to write a chapter of her novel?
(a) An afternoon.
(b) Four days.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joan is brought home by the man who unties her from the tree, what does Joan's mother accuse her of?

2. Who is Joan named after?

3. What does Joan's father say about how her mother died?

4. What does Joan believe about her marriage?

5. Why does Joan think her book will sell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of Joan seeing her mother's astral body?

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

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

6. Describe Joan's personality while in high school.

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

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

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

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

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