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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the authorities conclude is responsible for setting fire to the button factory?
(a) Elwood Murray.
(b) Alex Thomas.
(c) Norval Chase.
(d) Richard Griffen.

2. Where is Iris's favorite bathroom stall?
(a) The country club.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The cookie bakery.
(d) The doughnut shop.

3. Where does the protagonist of the novel within the novel keep the picture at which she looks in the prologue?
(a) In a kitchen drawer.
(b) In a book.
(c) In her sock drawer.
(d) In a cookie tin.

4. What are the aristocrats called in the man's story?
(a) Bluebloods.
(b) Snilfards.
(c) Ygnirods.
(d) Zycronians.

5. Why does Iris dislike the Laura Chase Memorial Prize?
(a) Winifred provided the money for it.
(b) She thinks children these days are awful writers.
(c) She does not think Laura would want such an award named after her.
(d) She does not think Laura's work is a very good example of quality writing.

6. What are the slaves called in the man's story?
(a) Ygnirods.
(b) Zycronians.
(c) Proletarians.
(d) Snilfards.

7. Why are the invaders friendly to strangers?
(a) They believe hospitality to be the supreme virtue.
(b) They can use them to gather helpful insider information.
(c) They might be messengers of the gods.
(d) They want to treat others as they want to be treated.

8. What does the woman claim is bloody?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her mind.
(d) Her soul.

9. What is the name of the assassin sent to kill the king?
(a) Throat Cutter.
(b) X.
(c) Whirlwind of Darkness.
(d) Black Assassin.

10. What does the woman say she would do if caught with the man?
(a) Defend his honor.
(b) Renounce him.
(c) Pay him to leave her alone.
(d) Bribe a judge.

11. What is the name of the restaurant where Iris had previously spied on Sabrina and a group of her friends?
(a) The Fire Pit.
(b) The Fiery Furnace.
(c) The Flame Grill.
(d) Inferno.

12. In what country is the novel set?
(a) Canada.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) England.
(d) France.

13. What hobby does Laura take up?
(a) Photography.
(b) Painting.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Drawing.

14. Who hosts a reception for Iris?
(a) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(b) Laura Chase.
(c) Reenie Hincks.
(d) Norval Chase.

15. What did Richard keep from Iris on their honeymoon?
(a) Letters.
(b) Telegrams.
(c) The real reason for their trip.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does the elderly Iris dream at the end of chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Richard proposes to Iris?

3. Who drives Iris to Montreal to see the lawyer?

4. In what year does Laura die?

5. How does Iris and Laura's mother die?

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