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

3. Who is the true author of 'The Blind Assassin' sub novel?
(a) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(b) Laura Chase.
(c) Iris Chase Griffen.
(d) Aimee Griffen.

4. Why do the men in the end decided that they are unhappy with the Peach Women?
(a) They miss Earth women.
(b) They miss conflict.
(c) They feel like everything the women do is merely a show for their enjoyment.
(d) They are appalled by the way they reproduce.

5. According to the quote attributed to Laura on the bathroom stall of the doughnut shop, where is heaven?
(a) Aa'A.
(b) Zycron.
(c) Xenor.
(d) Avilion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the institution to which one of the characters is confined?

2. What is the name of Laura's first school?

3. About what do the man and woman argue?

4. According to Laura, what individual does Richard claim told him of Alex Thomas's whereabouts?

5. Whose presence at Norval Chase's funeral upsets Reenie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to clues in chapter 10, who do you think is the woman's equivalent in Iris's memoir and why?

3. In chapter 10, the woman imagines the man in a variety of situations. Describe one of these situations.

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

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

6. In chapter 10, the woman goes and buys a copy of the man's story about the Lizard Men of Xenor. How does the printed story differ from the story the man has told the woman?

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

8. What do the man and woman do when he first gets off the train?

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

10. In chapter 12, what is the significance of the yellow curtains?

(see the answer keys)

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