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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the city in which the man's story takes place?
(a) Sakiel-Norn.
(b) Zycron.
(c) X.
(d) Ygnirod.

2. In the prologue to the novel within the novel, the main character looks at a picture. What object is depicted on this picture on one side?
(a) A tree.
(b) A foot.
(c) An apple.
(d) A hand.

3. 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 girl.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A couple.
(d) Two young girls.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is the novel set?

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

3. What is the name of the restaurant where Richard proposes to Iris?

4. Who is the narrator of the novel?

5. Where is the Chase industries picnic held?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Norval Chase respond to the stock market crash and following economic depression?

2. Describe the relationship between the man and the woman in 'The Blind Assassin' sub novel in chapter 2.

3. In chapter 4, what is Richard Griffen's stance on creating jobs throughout government stimulus plans implemented in America by Franklin D. Roosevelt?

4. In chapter 4, how does the woman feel about the man's story?

5. In chapter 4, X is hired to kill the king. How is X supposed to get close enough to the king to kill him?

6. At the end of chapter 6, the man is writing a story including characters X, Y, Z, and B. What is this story about?

7. In chapter 1, Iris says "some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling." Who do you think is/are the "they" she had in mind?

8. On her deathbed, Iris's mother tells her to promise to do something for her. What does Iris promise her mother she will do?

9. In chapter 1, the protagonist of the sub novel looks at a picture. What does this picture depict?

10. Why does Benjamin Chase marry Adelia?

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