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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girls' second tutor who pushes them to learn the classics and demands a sparse work space?
(a) Miss Goreman.
(b) Mr. Erstwhile.
(c) Mr. Erskine.
(d) Miss Goreham.

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

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

4. What name do the group of people who want to invade Sakiel-Norn call themselves?
(a) People of Desolation.
(b) People of Joy.
(c) People of Despair.
(d) People of Bliss.

5. What was the theme of the charity ball Winifred organized according to the newspaper article?
(a) Masquerade.
(b) Tamurlane in Samarkand.
(c) Xanadu.
(d) Commedia dell'artre.

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

7. What is the name of the man Laura meets at the picnic and invites to Avilion for dinner?
(a) Alex Thomas.
(b) Peter Griffen.
(c) Elwood Murray.
(d) Richard Griffen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How does Aimee Griffen die?
(a) She drives off a bridge.
(b) She is shot.
(c) She overdoses.
(d) She falls.

15. What are the aristocrats called in the man's story?
(a) Bluebloods.
(b) Ygnirods.
(c) Zycronians.
(d) Snilfards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iris see hanging from the tree outside her former home?

2. At the lover's first picnic, what are they eating?

3. Which character was said to "always be there" for the Chase sisters?

4. In what country is the novel set?

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

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