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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 does Laura do that always gets her into trouble?
(a) Thinks rules are open to interpretation.
(b) Steals her sister's things.
(c) Interprets everything literally.
(d) Has inappropriate outbursts.

2. Who is the artist commissioned to sculpt the war memorial?
(a) Callie Jacobs.
(b) Callista Fitzsimmons.
(c) Christina Fitzpatrick.
(d) Winifred Prior.

3. Norval Chase is wounded and his brothers are killed in what war?
(a) WWII.
(b) WWI.
(c) French Canadian War.
(d) Canadian American War.

4. Why does the king of Sakiel-Norn decide he wants to kill his mistress?
(a) She asks him for a poem.
(b) She is also having an affair with one of his nobles.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She asked him to leave his wife for her.

5. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Richard Griffen.
(b) Iris Chase Griffen.
(c) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(d) Reenie Hincks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does Iris adopt to pacify Winifred?

2. Where is Iris's favorite bathroom stall?

3. In chapter 5, why does Laura think Iris is dying?

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

5. What is the name of the girls' second tutor who pushes them to learn the classics and demands a sparse work space?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 4, what is Richard Griffen's stance on creating jobs throughout government stimulus plans implemented in America by Franklin D. Roosevelt?

2. In chapter 5, Laura does something that scares and angers Iris because she thinks it will save her dead mother. What does Laura do?

3. At the end of chapter 6, the man is writing a story including characters X, Y, Z, and B. What is this story about?

4. Describe the relationship between the man and the woman in 'The Blind Assassin' sub novel in chapter 2.

5. Why does Iris marry Richard Griffen?

6. How is chapter 2 structured?

7. In chapter 5, how do the two sisters feel toward their governess, Miss Violence?

8. How does Iris feel about the Laura Chase Memorial Prize?

9. How do Winifred and Richard treat the Chase sisters?

10. How does Laura respond to living with Richard and Iris?

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