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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 article clothing bothers the man when he and the woman meet at the beginning of chapter 4?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her raincoat.
(c) Her stockings.
(d) Her hat.

2. In the story the man is working on in the end of chapter 6, some explorers unearth an alien from what?
(a) A giant crystal.
(b) A block of ice.
(c) A grave.
(d) An ancient temple.

3. What is the name of the city in which the man's story takes place?
(a) Sakiel-Norn.
(b) Zycron.
(c) Ygnirod.
(d) X.

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

5. Where do the two lovers meet at the beginning of chapter 4?
(a) A friend of the man's room.
(b) On a street corner.
(c) Under a bridge.
(d) A run-down cafe.

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. Soon after which war did Laura die?

3. In what year is Iris writing her memoir?

4. What is the official cause of Laura's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Snilfards prevent the sacrifice of their daughters?

2. How does Iris respond to requests for information about Laura?

3. In chapter 1, do you think Iris is too concerned with maintaining appearances?

4. In chapter 4, how does the woman feel about the man's story?

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

6. In chapter 1, what is the official conclusion of Laura's cause of death?

7. What is the fate of slave children who make the carpets in Sakiel-Norn?

8. In chapter 1, the protagonist of the sub novel looks at a picture. What does this picture depict?

9. Do you think X's chose the right course of action regarding the tongueless virgin?

10. In chapter 6, the man and the woman talk about love and the way the man often says that love isn't real. Do you think the man truly believes this?

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