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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. Where does Iris find Laura's schoolbooks?
2. What are the subjects of the story the man tells the woman he has sold?
3. How does Richard react when Laura tells him sending her to school is a waste of time?
4. Who is Aimee's biological father?
5. Where does the woman read the man's story?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 13 what is the state of Iris and Richard's marriage?
2. How does Iris choose to respond to the message left by her sister?
3. According to chapter 11, how does the adult Aimee feel towards her mother and why?
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. In chapter 12, what is the significance of the yellow curtains?
6. Why do you think Iris has 'The Blind Assassin' published?
7. Why is Laura kicked out of her school?
8. In chapter 13, what revelation of Iris's sends Laura over the edge?
9. What are Winifred's feelings toward Iris's pregnancy?
10. In chapter 9, how does Laura behave towards Richard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Water related images pervade the novel. What do you think the water symbolizes and why do you think the author chose water? Cite at least three water images from the novel, making sure to explain them both in their immediate context and the context of the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, Iris toys with the idea that people are compelled to leave their mark on the world, whether this is through actions, or leaving behind a message, or simply scrawling on the stall of the bathroom at a doughnut shop. Find at least three examples of times in which Iris reflects on the idea of leaving a mark. What is the significance of these passages in terms of the novel and sub novel? What do these say about Iris's own desire to leave something behind? What does Iris's refusal to share things about Laura say? Does this mean Iris thinks Laura would not have wanted to leave her mark in the same way she asserts all people do?
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