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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Laura's Latin book, Iris finds a passage from what work?
(a) Ars Poetica.
(b) Metamorphoses.
(c) The Aeneid.
(d) Meditations.

2. Richard, Iris, Laura, and Winifred take the maiden voyage of what ship?
(a) The Lusitania.
(b) The Queen Mary.
(c) The Olympia.
(d) The Queen Elizabeth.

3. According to the quote attributed to Laura on the bathroom stall of the doughnut shop, where is heaven?
(a) Avilion.
(b) Zycron.
(c) Aa'A.
(d) Xenor.

4. In chapter 14, Iris says Laura writes like what?
(a) A child.
(b) A saint.
(c) A martyr.
(d) An angel.

5. What is the name of the organization with which Laura volunteers?
(a) The Abigails.
(b) The Marthas.
(c) The Marys.
(d) The Christinas.

6. In the article at the beginning of chapter 12, what does Richard claim is in the West's best interests?
(a) A strong, healthy France.
(b) A strong, healthy Spain.
(c) A strong, healthy Germany.
(d) A strong, healthy Czechoslovakia.

7. What happens when the men try to leave Aa'A?
(a) They realize that they are enclosed in a big plastic bubble.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They commandeer a spaceship which they steer to Earth while avoiding the pursuing Peach Women.
(d) They hide out in an Earthbound spaceship.

8. Why do the men like the Peach Women so much?
(a) They fulfill all of their desires.
(b) They love how genuine they are.
(c) They feel like the women truly understand them.
(d) They think they are beautiful.

9. What is the name of Laura's first school?
(a) St. Joan of Arc's.
(b) St. Mary's.
(c) St. Cecilia's.
(d) St. Catherine's.

10. What does Sakiel-Norn represent for the woman?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Her relationship with the man.
(c) Hope.
(d) Her naïveté.

11. The man tells the woman a story about the Peach Women of what planet?
(a) Aa'A.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Zycron.
(d) Xenor.

12. What does Laura's volunteer organization do?
(a) Read to little children.
(b) Work at soup kitchens.
(c) Clean up parks.
(d) Work at the hospital.

13. At the end of chapter 10, the woman imagines the man traveling by what mode of transportation?
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Ship.
(d) Horse.

14. According to Laura, what individual does Richard claim told him of Alex Thomas's whereabouts?
(a) Elwood Murray.
(b) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(c) Callie Fitzsimmons.
(d) Reenie Hincks.

15. What is the name of the institution to which one of the characters is confined?
(a) Bella Vista.
(b) Montfort Psychiatric Asylum.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Bella Sera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say war is like for the by-standers?

2. In the woman's imagination, the man is sitting next to a woman who is doing what to pass the time?

3. What are the subjects of the story the man tells the woman he has sold?

4. Who is Aimee's biological father?

5. Who hosts the reception for Iris's new baby?

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