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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 object is depicted on this picture on one side?
(a) An apple.
(b) A hand.
(c) A tree.
(d) A foot.

2. Where does Iris keep Laura's notebooks?
(a) A drawer.
(b) A coffee can.
(c) A sealed jar.
(d) A steamer trunk.

3. In the man's story, how is the value of carpet determined?
(a) By how many children have gone blind to make it.
(b) By how many skeins of thread are used to make it.
(c) By how much gold thread it contains.
(d) By how popular the artist is who designed it.

4. Where does the protagonist of the novel within the novel keep the picture at which she looks in the prologue?
(a) In her sock drawer.
(b) In a cookie tin.
(c) In a kitchen drawer.
(d) In a book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say she would do if caught with the man?

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

3. How does Aimee Griffen die?

4. What item of Laura's does Iris find in her stocking drawer?

5. About what does the elderly Iris dream at the end of chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter 1, what is the official conclusion of Laura's cause of death?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Iris marry Richard Griffen?

6. Why do you think Richard married Iris?

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

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

9. In chapter 1, do you think Iris is too concerned with maintaining appearances?

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

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