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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Laura, why was she sent to the mental institution?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She wanted to kill Richard.
(c) She thought Richard was poisoning Iris.
(d) She would not cooperate with Winifred's plans to marry her off.

2. To what does the woman compare her sadness over the man's departure?
(a) Being numb.
(b) Being ill.
(c) Being buried.
(d) Being ripped apart.

3. Who is the inspiration for the man in the sub novel?
(a) Richard Griffen.
(b) Elwood Murray.
(c) Alex Thomas.
(d) Norval Chase.

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

5. What does the woman say war is like for the by-standers?
(a) Monotone.
(b) Filled with color.
(c) Red and orange.
(d) Black and white.

6. The woman receives a telegram informing her of what?
(a) The man has found a house for them.
(b) The man is coming home in a week.
(c) The man has been wounded.
(d) The man has died.

7. Who is the inspiration for the woman in the sub novel?
(a) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(b) Iris Chase Griffen.
(c) Callista Fitzsimmons.
(d) Laura Griffen.

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

9. How does the woman's dream begin?
(a) She sees a man out on the sidewalk.
(b) She walks onto the top of a roof.
(c) She receives a telegram.
(d) She is the tongueless virgin and X has just come in to kill her.

10. Where do the man and woman go after the woman meets the man at the train station?
(a) A diner.
(b) A room of a friend.
(c) A room he has rented in advance.
(d) A hotel.

11. A newspaper article details the maiden voyage of what ship?
(a) The Olympic.
(b) The Queen Mary.
(c) The Titanic.
(d) The Queen Elizabeth.

12. The man tells the woman a story about the lizard men from what planet?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Aa'A.
(c) Xenor.
(d) Zycron.

13. What is wrong with the elder Iris?
(a) She has a heart condition.
(b) She has emphysema.
(c) She has diabetes.
(d) She has cancer.

14. In chapter 9, the girls visit Reenie at what establishment where she works?
(a) Betty's Luncheonette.
(b) Lucy's Diner.
(c) Diana Sweets.
(d) The Gingerbread House.

15. Who is the man with his head on fire?
(a) Alex Thomas.
(b) Norval Chase.
(c) Richard Griffen.
(d) Walter Sturgess.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 12, what faux pas does Richard have to atone for?

2. To what animal does Iris compare Walter?

3. What does Laura call Iris's unborn child?

4. In Laura's Latin book, Iris finds a passage from what work?

5. What color are the curtains in the woman's imagined apartment?

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