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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 restaurant where Richard proposes to Iris?
(a) The Arcadian Court.
(b) The Regency.
(c) The Imperial Room.
(d) The Millennium Room.

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

3. What is the official cause of Laura's death?
(a) An accident due to road construction.
(b) An accident caused by a drunk driver.
(c) Murder.
(d) Suicide.

4. In chapter 5, why does Laura think Iris is dying?
(a) Iris is coughing a lot.
(b) She sees blood on the sheets when Iris gets her period.
(c) Iris looks weak and pale, like their mother before she died.
(d) Iris becomes pregnant and is vomiting a lot.

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

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

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

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

9. In the prologue to the novel within the novel, the main character looks at a picture. What is at the center of this picture?
(a) A young boy.
(b) Two young girls.
(c) A couple.
(d) A young girl.

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

11. Soon after which war did Laura die?
(a) Spanish Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) World War I.

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

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

14. Who is the artist commissioned to sculpt the war memorial?
(a) Christina Fitzpatrick.
(b) Callie Jacobs.
(c) Callista Fitzsimmons.
(d) Winifred Prior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the planet on which the man's story takes place?

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

3. In what year does Laura die?

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

5. Where does Iris keep Laura's notebooks?

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