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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosts a reception for Iris?

2. How does Aimee Griffen die?

3. Whom does Iris run into when she is out shopping soon after marrying Richard?

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

5. What is the primary good manufactured by Chase Industries?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Iris respond to requests for information about Laura?

3. Why do you think Richard married Iris?

4. Why does Benjamin Chase marry Adelia?

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

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

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

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

9. In chapter 6, the man and the woman talk about love and the way the man often says that love isn't real. Do you think the man truly believes this?

10. How is chapter 2 structured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At any point in the novel, the political climate often directly affects the lives of the characters. How does the changing political climate affect the story? Consider the effects of such events as the stock market crash, labor strikes, World Wars I and II, and the Spanish Civil War.

Essay Topic 2

Though Port Ticonderoga is fictional, it is in many ways instrumental to the story of the Chase sisters' early life. Explain the significance of Port Ticonderoga and its history in relation to the story of the downfall of the Chase family dynasty. In what ways does having a fictional setting add to the novel and in what ways does it detract?

Essay Topic 3

Although the identities of the man and woman are not revealed until the penultimate chapter, there are many hints to the characters' identities in overlapping details between events in Iris's memoir and those in 'The Blind Assassin'. Give examples of at least three details that align the memoir with 'The Blind Assassin' and explain what these details tell the reader about the man and the woman.

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