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

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

3. What kind of art does Joan find at the art show?
(a) Freezers containing run-over dead animals.
(b) Bird watercolors.
(c) Porcupine sculptures.
(d) Bronzes of animals.

4. Who says "Pull yourself together"?
(a) Sam.
(b) Marlene.
(c) Joan.
(d) Arthur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joan imagine is skating on the television program?

2. Who confesses to the police that she took her father's dynamite?

3. Who does Joan want to get out of jail in Toronto?

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

5. When Joan decides not to run away from Terremoto and returns to her flat, what does she decide she must do as she crouches behind the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Paul's intentions towards Joan?

2. Who is Fraser Buchanan?

3. How does Joan let go of her past?

4. What does the reappearance of The Fat Lady in Chapter 27 suggest about how Joan perceives herself?

5. At the end of Chapter 28, why does Joan feel she has to "get away, as quickly as possible?"

6. Explain Arthur's response to the publication of Lady Oracle.

7. Why does Royal Porcupine believe his art exhibit is important?

8. Why does the presence of the strange man who talks with her landlord spur Joan to action?

9. Why is Joan having trouble writing about her character Charlotte and the ending of her novel?

10. How does Joan react when she reads the newspaper clippings that Sam sends her?

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