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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. Who is the inspiration for the woman in the sub novel?
(a) Laura Griffen.
(b) Iris Chase Griffen.
(c) Winifred Griffen Prior.
(d) Callista Fitzsimmons.

2. Who is the inspiration for the man in the sub novel?
(a) Alex Thomas.
(b) Richard Griffen.
(c) Norval Chase.
(d) Elwood Murray.

3. What does Sakiel-Norn represent for the woman?
(a) Her naïveté.
(b) Hope.
(c) Her relationship with the man.
(d) Her childhood.

4. What do the woman and the man do after the woman meets him when he briefly returns from the war?
(a) They start another story.
(b) The man regales the woman with details of his time overseas.
(c) The woman watches him while the man sleeps.
(d) They sleep together.

5. What does the woman say surrounds the man?
(a) Waves of light.
(b) A halo.
(c) Shimmering light.
(d) Blinding light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aimee think are her real parents?

2. According to the quote attributed to Laura on the bathroom stall of the doughnut shop, where is heaven?

3. What does Laura claim that Winifred thinks is ludicrous?

4. The man tells the woman a story about the Peach Women of what planet?

5. Iris realizes that Laura's lover was whom, based on the notebooks her sister left behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 13, why does Walter come over to Iris's house?

2. In chapter 11, how does Laura send Iris a message and what does this message look like.

3. About what does the woman dream at the end of chapter 12?

4. According to chapter 11, how does the adult Aimee feel towards her mother and why?

5. What are Winifred's feelings toward Iris's pregnancy?

6. In chapter 10, the woman goes and buys a copy of the man's story about the Lizard Men of Xenor. How does the printed story differ from the story the man has told the woman?

7. At the end of the chapter, Iris hears something outside her window. What does she think it is and what is it really?

8. How does Aimee respond to Iris's decision?

9. In chapter 12, what is the significance of the yellow curtains?

10. What message does Laura leave for Iris in her school notebooks?

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