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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Joan is standing on the terrace in the middle of the night after awaking from a dream, who does she finally decide to stop trying to make happy?
(a) Her father.
(b) Aunt Lou.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Her mother.

2. 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 photograph of her and Mr. Vitroni.
(d) A tape recording of her voice.

3. How does Chuck Brewer change physically?
(a) Loses weight.
(b) Gets heavier.
(c) Grows a beard.
(d) Cuts his hair and shaves his beard.

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

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

6. Why do Joan's fans contact her?
(a) For copies of her books.
(b) To become friends.
(c) For her agent's name.
(d) For advice on spiritualism and publishing.

7. What does Joan hide in Royal Porcupine's basement?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Old pamphlets.
(c) Secret journals.
(d) Books.

8. When does Chuck Brewer tell Joan he loves her?
(a) While she reads to him from her novel.
(b) After the explosion.
(c) While waltzing.
(d) Walking home after dinner.

9. What does Felicia learn about Redmond in the maze?
(a) He is also lost in the maze.
(b) He looks healthy.
(c) He is devoted to her.
(d) He is a killer.

10. 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) Take a shower.
(b) Defend herself.
(c) Run.
(d) Work on her novel.

11. What does Joan plan to steal?
(a) Marlene's diary.
(b) Fraser Buchanan's notebook.
(c) Arthur's money.
(d) Paul's new novel.

12. Around the same time Joan is getting anonymous calls, who telephones and invites her to dinner?
(a) Paul.
(b) Chuck Brewer.
(c) Sam.
(d) Mr. Morton.

13. What does Arthur think of Joan's new book?
(a) He does not believe it is literary enough.
(b) He says it is a triumph.
(c) He is happy it is successful.
(d) He believes it is an attack on their marriage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is watching the Olympic doubles figure-skating championships?

2. Who are the four women Felicia meets in the maze?

3. What does Joan want to tell Arthur at the beginning of Chapter 27?

4. What is the relationship between Sam and Marlene?

5. Who does Joan want to get out of jail in Toronto?

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