View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Once X has escaped, what do the People of Desolation think that he and his companion are?
(a) Spies.
(b) Gods.
(c) Citizens of Sakiel-Norn.
(d) Prophets.

3. In chapter 5, why does Laura think Iris is dying?
(a) Iris becomes pregnant and is vomiting a lot.
(b) She sees blood on the sheets when Iris gets her period.
(c) Iris looks weak and pale, like their mother before she died.
(d) Iris is coughing a lot.

4. What name do others use to refer to the group who intends to invade Sakiel-Norn?
(a) People of Despair.
(b) People of Desolation.
(c) People of Bliss.
(d) People of Joy.

5. What color are the gloves Laura is wearing on the day of her death?
(a) Navy.
(b) White.
(c) Taupe.
(d) Black.

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

7. One of the newspaper articles describes the awarding of a prize for a high school student. For whom is this prize named?
(a) Iris Chase Griffen.
(b) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(c) Richard Griffen.
(d) Laura Chase.

8. What hobby does Iris adopt to pacify Winifred?
(a) Philanthropy.
(b) Writing.
(c) Photography.
(d) Gardening.

9. What was the theme of the charity ball Winifred organized according to the newspaper article?
(a) Xanadu.
(b) Tamurlane in Samarkand.
(c) Masquerade.
(d) Commedia dell'artre.

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

11. How does Iris and Laura's mother die?
(a) Catches a mysterious ailment.
(b) Complications of childbirth.
(c) An unknown form of cancer, most likely uterine.
(d) Drowns.

12. At the lover's first picnic, what are they eating?
(a) Turkey sandwiches.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Potato Salad.
(d) Hard-boiled eggs.

13. About what does the elderly Iris dream at the end of chapter 7?
(a) Avilion.
(b) Zycron.
(c) Sunnyside.
(d) The Xanadu ball.

14. What does the statue on top of the Chase family monument depict?
(a) Two angels, one leaning against the other.
(b) An angel holding a baby.
(c) One angel blowing a trumpet.
(d) Two angels embracing.

15. Who founded Port Ticonderoga?
(a) Colonel Chase.
(b) General Griffen.
(c) Colonel Parkman.
(d) General Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman says that one thing that the man gives her is the reason that she inevitably returns to him. What does he give her?

2. What item of Laura's does Iris find in her stocking drawer?

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

4. What item does the man often ask the woman to bring him?

5. In chapter 6, the man is toying with an idea for a new alien race composed of what?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 503 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample