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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura do that always gets her into trouble?
(a) Interprets everything literally.
(b) Steals her sister's things.
(c) Has inappropriate outbursts.
(d) Thinks rules are open to interpretation.

2. One of the newspaper articles in chapter 4 reports a labor strike. Where did this strike occur?
(a) Chase Industries.
(b) In front of The Weary Soldier.
(c) Royal Classic Knitwear.
(d) The Port Ticonderoga town square.

3. For what is the prize for high school students awarded?
(a) Painting.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Creative Writing.

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

5. What happened the week after Iris and Richard's wedding?
(a) Iris fell off a ship.
(b) Norval Chase died.
(c) Reenie had her baby.
(d) Laura Chase died.

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

7. Who hosts a reception for Iris?
(a) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(b) Norval Chase.
(c) Laura Chase.
(d) Reenie Hincks.

8. At the lover's first picnic, what are they eating?
(a) Potato Salad.
(b) Hard-boiled eggs.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Turkey sandwiches.

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

10. Which character is reputed to have authored 'The Blind Assassin'?
(a) Iris Chase Griffen.
(b) Richard Griffen.
(c) Reenie Hincks.
(d) Laura Chase.

11. Why do the man's next-door neighbors at the junction bother him?
(a) They don't take proper care of their baby.
(b) They take his mail.
(c) They make love loudly when he is trying to work.
(d) They cook smelly food.

12. Where is Laura found after going missing for a week, according to the newspaper article?
(a) With Alex Thomas in the park.
(b) A summer residence in Muskoka.
(c) The attic of Avilion.
(d) Sunnyside Beach Amusement Park.

13. What hobby does Iris adopt to pacify Winifred?
(a) Writing.
(b) Photography.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Philanthropy.

14. About what does the elderly Iris dream at the end of chapter 7?
(a) Avilion.
(b) Zycron.
(c) The Xanadu ball.
(d) Sunnyside.

15. How does Iris and Laura's mother die?
(a) An unknown form of cancer, most likely uterine.
(b) Drowns.
(c) Catches a mysterious ailment.
(d) Complications of childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 7, to whom does Iris want to will Laura's things?

2. Where does Iris keep Laura's notebooks?

3. What is the name of the assassin sent to kill the king?

4. Who drives Iris to Montreal to see the lawyer?

5. What is the name of the Chase family's house?

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