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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does X escape?
(a) The tongueless virgin serves as a diversion, allowing him to escape.
(b) He swims through the canals to get out of the city walls.
(c) He dresses up as a girl and sneaks out of the temple.
(d) He feels his way to the assassin's den where the other assassin's assist him.

3. In the story the man is working on in the end of chapter 6, some explorers unearth an alien from what?
(a) A giant crystal.
(b) A grave.
(c) An ancient temple.
(d) A block of ice.

4. 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.

5. What is the name of the assassin sent to kill the king?
(a) Throat Cutter.
(b) Black Assassin.
(c) X.
(d) Whirlwind of Darkness.

6. What is the name of the planet on which the man's story takes place?
(a) Zycron.
(b) Zion.
(c) Sakiel-Norn.
(d) Saturn.

7. Why does the king of Sakiel-Norn decide he wants to kill his mistress?
(a) She is also having an affair with one of his nobles.
(b) She asked him to leave his wife for her.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She asks him for a poem.

8. Where does the protagonist of the novel within the novel keep the picture at which she looks in the prologue?
(a) In her sock drawer.
(b) In a cookie tin.
(c) In a book.
(d) In a kitchen drawer.

9. Why does Iris dislike the Laura Chase Memorial Prize?
(a) She does not think Laura would want such an award named after her.
(b) Winifred provided the money for it.
(c) She does not think Laura's work is a very good example of quality writing.
(d) She thinks children these days are awful writers.

10. What color are the gloves Laura is wearing on the day of her death?
(a) Black.
(b) Taupe.
(c) White.
(d) Navy.

11. How did Winifred Griffen Prior die?
(a) Illness.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Suicide.
(d) A fatal fall.

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

13. Who do the authorities conclude is responsible for setting fire to the button factory?
(a) Richard Griffen.
(b) Elwood Murray.
(c) Norval Chase.
(d) Alex Thomas.

14. What does X do to the tongueless virgin?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Save her.
(c) Rape and kill her.
(d) Rape her.

15. What name do others use to refer to the group who intends to invade Sakiel-Norn?
(a) People of Despair.
(b) People of Desolation.
(c) People of Bliss.
(d) People of Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is the Chase family house named?

2. Why do the man's next-door neighbors at the junction bother him?

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

4. What are the aristocrats called in the man's story?

5. What is the name of the statue commissioned by Norval Chase and the War Memorial Committee?

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