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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. After her landlord tells Joan about the stranger looking for her, what awakens Joan during the night?
(a) Gurgling water from the basin.
(b) Neighbors making noise.
(c) A dog barking.
(d) Footsteps outside her window.

2. How does Joan plan to leave town?
(a) To walk out unnoticed.
(b) Motorbike.
(c) Bus.
(d) Borrow a car.

3. What name does Joan use to purchase a ticket to Rome?
(a) Lou Foster.
(b) Joan Delacourt.
(c) Louisa K. Delacourt.
(d) Joan Foster.

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

5. 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) Her father.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aunt Lou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joan plan to steal?

2. What kind of swimmer does Joan's father say she is?

3. What does Marlene claim she did to help Joan out of the water?

4. Who is Chuck Brewer?

5. Who says "Pull yourself together"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joan let go of her past?

2. Why does Joan feel she needs to disappear again?

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

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

5. Why do you think Joan likes leading a dual life between Arthur and Royal Porcupine?

6. Why is it important that Joan decides to stay and defend herself rather than run?

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

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

9. Describe Joan's inconsistent behavior with the Resurgent group.

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

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