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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. Why does Iris try to go downstairs in chapter 9?
(a) To hide something.
(b) She hears a noise.
(c) To do laundry.
(d) To try to find something.

2. What color is Aimee's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Grey.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

3. Who is Aimee's biological father?
(a) Richard Griffen.
(b) Elwood Murray.
(c) Alex Thomas.
(d) John Prior.

4. What does Laura claim that Winifred thinks is ludicrous?
(a) That Winifred is trying to kill Iris.
(b) That Iris is not really pregnant.
(c) That Richard is molesting her.
(d) That she is pregnant.

5. Where does Iris find the things Laura had stashed away at Avilion?
(a) Laura's old bedroom.
(b) The greenhouse.
(c) Iris's old bedroom.
(d) The attic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what animal does Iris compare Walter?

3. What happens when the men try to leave Aa'A?

4. Where does Richard like to leave bruises on Iris?

5. Richard Griffen warns of what in Spain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Iris choose to respond to the message left by her sister?

2. How does the man and woman's story about the blind assassin and the tongueless girl end?

3. In chapter 13, why does Walter come over to Iris's house?

4. At the end of the chapter, Iris hears something outside her window. What does she think it is and what is it really?

5. According to the article at the beginning of chapter 12, what are Richard's views about Germany?

6. In chapter 13 what is the state of Iris and Richard's marriage?

7. What does Laura say in chapter 11 that upsets Winifred?

8. On one of the articles, Richard warns his fellow Canadians about politics overseas. What does he warn them about?

9. According to chapter 10, what is the political climate in Spain?

10. In chapter 13, what revelation of Iris's sends Laura over the edge?

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