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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 does the man omit from the published story that distresses the woman?
(a) The Lizard Men.
(b) The Peach Women.
(c) The romance between the tongueless virgin and blind assassin.
(d) The conquest of the People of Desolation.

2. Richard, Iris, Laura, and Winifred take the maiden voyage of what ship?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Lusitania.
(c) The Olympia.
(d) The Queen Elizabeth.

3. In the woman's imagination, the man is sitting next to a woman who is doing what to pass the time?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Talking to herself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two factions is the conflict in Barcelona according to the May 26, 1937 article contained in chapter 10?

2. According to Laura, why was she sent to the mental institution?

3. In chapter 13, Iris recounts the start of what war?

4. Where does Iris find Laura's schoolbooks?

5. The man tells the woman a story about the lizard men from what planet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to chapter 9, why is Laura afraid of her father?

3. Why do you think Iris has 'The Blind Assassin' published?

4. How does the woman respond to the suggestion that she leave her husband before the man goes overseas?

5. 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?

6. What is the woman's attitude while aboard the cruise ship?

7. Why is Laura kicked out of her school?

8. In chapter 9, how does Laura behave towards Richard?

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

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

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