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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Iris's favorite bathroom stall?
(a) The doughnut shop.
(b) The country club.
(c) The coffee shop.
(d) The cookie bakery.

2. Who drives Iris to Montreal to see the lawyer?
(a) Sabrina.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Myra.
(d) Walter.

3. In the man's story, how are the sacrificial virgins mutilated before their death?
(a) Their eyes are gouged out so that they cannot see.
(b) Their hands are cut off so that they cannot fight back.
(c) Their ears are cut off so they cannot hear well.
(d) Their tongues are cut out so that they cannot speak.

4. Which character was said to "always be there" for the Chase sisters?
(a) Reenie.
(b) Myra.
(c) Their father.
(d) Their mother.

5. One of the newspaper articles describes the awarding of a prize for a high school student. For whom is this prize named?
(a) Laura Chase.
(b) Richard Griffen.
(c) Iris Chase Griffen.
(d) Winifred Griffen Prior.

6. Where is the Chase industries picnic held?
(a) Avilion.
(b) Chase Park.
(c) Ticonderoga Park.
(d) The Camp Grounds.

7. Who founded Port Ticonderoga?
(a) Colonel Chase.
(b) General Griffen.
(c) General Grant.
(d) Colonel Parkman.

8. In chapter 6, the man is toying with an idea for a new alien race composed of what?
(a) Carbon.
(b) Crystals.
(c) Silicon.
(d) Rocks.

9. What does the statue on top of the Chase family monument depict?
(a) One angel blowing a trumpet.
(b) Two angels embracing.
(c) An angel holding a baby.
(d) Two angels, one leaning against the other.

10. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Reenie Hincks.
(b) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(c) Iris Chase Griffen.
(d) Richard Griffen.

11. What word does Richard use to describe the way he feels toward Iris?
(a) Besotted.
(b) Obsessed.
(c) Consumed.
(d) Smitten.

12. What does the woman claim is bloody?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her mind.

13. In what year is Iris writing her memoir?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1998.

14. The woman says that one thing that the man gives her is the reason that she inevitably returns to him. What does he give her?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Diversion.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Oblivion.

15. What hobby does Laura take up?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Painting.
(d) Photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls call their tutor because of her last name?

2. How did Winifred Griffen Prior die?

3. Why are the invaders friendly to strangers?

4. Once X has escaped, what do the People of Desolation think that he and his companion are?

5. For what is the prize for high school students awarded?

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