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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aimee think are her real parents?
(a) Laura and the man from 'The Blind Assassin'.
(b) Iris and the man from 'The Blind Assassin'.
(c) Richard and Winifred.
(d) Richard and Laura.

2. To what does the woman compare her sadness over the man's departure?
(a) Being ill.
(b) Being buried.
(c) Being ripped apart.
(d) Being numb.

3. Where did Laura go when she first left Bella Vista?
(a) Halifax.
(b) Avilion.
(c) Sunnyside.
(d) Montreal.

4. Richard receives a letter concerning the psychiatric treatment of which character?
(a) Reenie Hincks.
(b) Laura Chase.
(c) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(d) Iris Chase Griffen.

5. Richard, Iris, Laura, and Winifred take the maiden voyage of what ship?
(a) The Olympia.
(b) The Lusitania.
(c) The Queen Mary.
(d) The Queen Elizabeth.

6. Who hosts the reception for Iris's new baby?
(a) Winifred.
(b) Richard.
(c) Laura.
(d) Reenie.

7. According to the quote attributed to Laura on the bathroom stall of the doughnut shop, where is heaven?
(a) Zycron.
(b) Avilion.
(c) Aa'A.
(d) Xenor.

8. Richard Griffen warns of what in Spain?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Communists.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Nationalists.

9. What is the reason Winifred and Richard give for why they commit Laura?
(a) She tried to kill Winifred.
(b) She tried to kill herself.
(c) She said Richard was trying to kill Iris.
(d) She tried to kill Richard.

10. The woman receives a telegram informing her of what?
(a) The man has found a house for them.
(b) The man has died.
(c) The man has been wounded.
(d) The man is coming home in a week.

11. What is the name of the institution to which one of the characters is confined?
(a) Oasis.
(b) Montfort Psychiatric Asylum.
(c) Bella Vista.
(d) Bella Sera.

12. How does Richard react to the news that Laura has been expelled?
(a) He kicks Laura out of the house.
(b) He demands that Iris keep a better eye on her sister.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is furious.

13. What does Laura's volunteer organization do?
(a) Work at soup kitchens.
(b) Work at the hospital.
(c) Read to little children.
(d) Clean up parks.

14. What is the name of Iris's daughter?
(a) Amanda Winifred Griffen.
(b) Adelia Iris Griffen.
(c) Adelia Laura Griffen.
(d) Aimee Adelia Griffen.

15. What word is Iris thinking about in the last section of chapter 13?
(a) Cliff.
(b) Escarpment.
(c) Sheer.
(d) Vertigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men in the end decided that they are unhappy with the Peach Women?

2. How does Winifred react when Laura tells her that love, not marriage, is important?

3. What does the man say all stories are about in some way?

4. Where do the man and woman go after the woman meets the man at the train station?

5. At the end of chapter 10, the woman imagines the man traveling by what mode of transportation?

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