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

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

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

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Iris had previously spied on Sabrina and a group of her friends?
(a) The Flame Grill.
(b) The Fire Pit.
(c) Inferno.
(d) The Fiery Furnace.

5. Where is Richard's body discovered?
(a) His yacht, the Water Lily.
(b) At the bottom of the river.
(c) His sailboat, the Water Nixie.
(d) His rowboat, the Water Nymph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the protagonist of the novel within the novel keep the picture at which she looks in the prologue?

2. In chapter 6, the man is toying with an idea for a new alien race composed of what?

3. Once X has escaped, what do the People of Desolation think that he and his companion are?

4. Who founded Port Ticonderoga?

5. What does Laura do that always gets her into trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it awkward between Liliana and Norval Chase when he returns from the war?

2. In chapter 5, how do the two sisters feel toward their governess, Miss Violence?

3. What is the fate of slave children who make the carpets in Sakiel-Norn?

4. 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?

5. How did the Snilfards prevent the sacrifice of their daughters?

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

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

8. According to the news article in chapter 4, how does Norval Chase respond to the economic depression?

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

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

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