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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 happens to the reporter when Joan opens the door of her flat in Terremoto?
(a) Joan hugs him.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He falls down the stairs.
(d) He gets hit with the wine bottle.

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

3. What do the older townspeople believe Joan will bring them?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Novels.
(d) Money.

4. Who would Joan like to have visit her from the Other Side?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Aunt Lou.

5. Toward the end of the novel, who does Joan imagine suffocating her while she relaxes on her balcony in Terremoto?
(a) Her mother's ghost.
(b) The Butcher.
(c) The Fat Lady.
(d) Her landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is arrested for murder?

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

3. What does Joan learn about herself at the end of the novel?

4. Now that Joan is living in Terremoto, what is happening with the sale of her book?

5. How does Joan help the political group?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Joan let go of her past?

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

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

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

7. What is Joan's reaction when she sees Royal Porcupine turned into Chuck Brewer?

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

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

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

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