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

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

3. Who confesses to the police that she took her father's dynamite?
(a) Joan.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Charlotte.

4. Who does Joan sees as she swims to shore?
(a) A picnicking family.
(b) Arthur.
(c) The police.
(d) Royal Porcupine.

5. Who gives an eye witness account of Joan falling off the boat?
(a) Children swimming.
(b) Sam.
(c) The picnicking family.
(d) Passing boaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joan goes to town in Terremoto, who is unfriendly and doesn't help her with using the correct words?

2. What solution does Joan offer to Arthur's political group?

3. What does Joan find on her doorstep?

4. Why do Joan's fans contact her?

5. As Joan is writing her novel while in Terremoto, what character is she getting tired of because of their virtuous and tidy habits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Joan accomplished a transformation at the end of the novel?

2. In Chapter 31, how is it clear that Joan is beginning to unravel?

3. What role does the picnicking family play in Joan's plan to disappear?

4. What piece of evidence leads to Sam and Marlene's arrest?

5. How is the final chapter a resolution to Joan's lies and secrets?

6. What does the reappearance of The Fat Lady in Chapter 27 suggest about how Joan perceives herself?

7. Why does Joan feel she needs to disappear again?

8. Describe Joan's plan to fake her death.

9. Explain the circumstances and symbolism behind Joan's cut feet.

10. Who is Fraser Buchanan?

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