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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. When does Chuck Brewer tell Joan he loves her?
(a) Walking home after dinner.
(b) While she reads to him from her novel.
(c) While waltzing.
(d) After the explosion.

2. 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?
(a) Run.
(b) Work on her novel.
(c) Defend herself.
(d) Take a shower.

3. What does Joan find on her doorstep?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead porcupine.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Balloons.

4. What does Joan hide in Royal Porcupine's basement?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Old pamphlets.
(c) Secret journals.
(d) Books.

5. What does Joan learn about herself at the end of the novel?
(a) That she has made a mess, but she will never be a tidy person.
(b) She is safe in Terremoto.
(c) The stranger will take care of her.
(d) She is ready to move to Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chuck Brewer?

2. What do the older townspeople believe Joan will bring them?

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

4. How does Joan help the political group?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan let go of her past?

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

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

4. What are Paul's intentions towards Joan?

5. How do people in town respond when they see Joan?

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

7. What role does the picnicking family play in Joan's plan to disappear?

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

9. How is the final chapter a resolution to Joan's lies and secrets?

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

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