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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. Why can't Joan drive her car?
(a) She has a flat tire.
(b) The window is smashed.
(c) The gas has been drained.
(d) It has been stolen.

2. Why is Chuck Brewer interested in Arthur?
(a) He wants to join his political cause.
(b) He knew Arthur in high school.
(c) He wonders why Joan won't leave him.
(d) He wants to offer him a job.

3. When Joan is standing on the terrace in the middle of the night after awaking from a dream, who does she finally decide to stop trying to make happy?
(a) Aunt Lou.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. Who sees Felicia and Otterly in the maze?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Tom the coachman.
(c) The maid.
(d) Redmond.

5. What is the name of the restaurant that Joan goes to with the Polish Count?
(a) Bitty Bit.
(b) Gauloise.
(c) Panza's.
(d) Zerdo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Joan use to purchase a ticket to Rome?

2. Who is arrested for murder?

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

4. Who is watching the Olympic doubles figure-skating championships?

5. What does Arthur do to the police officer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Joan take responsibility for her actions when she hears about Sam's arrest?

3. How does Joan deal with her belief that she is being held captive?

4. How has Joan accomplished a transformation at the end of the novel?

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

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

7. How does Joan's affair with Royal Porcupine affect her stability?

8. What kind of love does Royal Porcupine express for Joan?

9. In Chapter 31, how is it clear that Joan is beginning to unravel?

10. What is the significance of the discovery of Joan's buried clothes?

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