View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of boat does Joan rent?
(a) Sailboat.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Motorboat.
(d) Rowboat.

2. How does Joan help the political group?
(a) Cooks them food.
(b) Rents a car.
(c) Moves out of the apartment.
(d) Leaves them alone.

3. What solution does Joan offer to Arthur's political group?
(a) To resolve issues peacefully.
(b) To stop acting out.
(c) To blow up peace bridge.
(d) To sleep on their ideas and decide in the morning.

4. Who is watching the Olympic doubles figure-skating championships?
(a) Sam.
(b) Chuck Brewer.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Arthur.

5. Who would Joan like to have visit her from the Other Side?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Aunt Lou.

6. What does the landlord's father discover?
(a) Buried clothes.
(b) A crack in the foundation.
(c) Joan's letter from Arthur.
(d) A buried tire.

7. What insects does Joan feed sugar water?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Flies.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Ants.

8. Where do Joan and Arthur travel to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

9. What does Joan find on her doorstep?
(a) Balloons.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A dead porcupine.

10. What does Joan consider sending the police in Canada to let them know she's alive?
(a) A finger, an autograph, or a tooth.
(b) A letter confessing her part in the plot.
(c) A tape recording of her voice.
(d) A photograph of her and Mr. Vitroni.

11. What do the police find that makes them suspicious?
(a) A life preserver.
(b) Joan's shoes.
(c) Joan's dress.
(d) A note from Joan.

12. What does Joan believe will happen if she goes to the secluded house?
(a) She will become more relaxed.
(b) Mr. Vitroni will protect her.
(c) She will be happier with her housing conditions.
(d) She will be held prisoner.

13. Why can't Joan seem to finish writing her romance novel?
(a) She spends too much time socializing instead of writing.
(b) She has decided to make it longer.
(c) She needs to rewrite the first chapter.
(d) She can't figure out a suitable ending.

14. When Joan decides not to run away from Terremoto and returns to her flat, what does she decide she must do as she crouches behind the door?
(a) Run.
(b) Work on her novel.
(c) Defend herself.
(d) Take a shower.

15. Who does Joan imagine is skating on the television program?
(a) Sam.
(b) A writer.
(c) Royal Porcupine.
(d) The Fat Lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives an eye witness account of Joan falling off the boat?

2. Who says "Pull yourself together"?

3. Who confesses to the police that she took her father's dynamite?

4. Toward the end of the novel, who does Joan imagine suffocating her while she relaxes on her balcony in Terremoto?

5. Where do Joan and Royal Porcupine like to eat?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 439 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample