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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that
(a) She is living with a man who is not her husband.
(b) She is divorced and has abandoned her child.
(c) She will not be attending the funeral.
(d) She is never returning to Canada.

2. Paul assumes the narrator is traveling with her husband because
(a) She has not told anyone she is divorced.
(b) She has told him she will bring a man along.
(c) She is obviously traveling with a man.
(d) Women are not safe to travel alone in that part of Canada.

3. The narrator decides her childhood was a good one because
(a) Anna tells her she should appreciate it.
(b) It was safe and removed from real world events.
(c) It was in Canada rather than America.
(d) There was no war or poverty during her youth.

4. Instead of reading or playing bridge, the group decides to
(a) Smoke pot out by the lake.
(b) Tell each other stories about their childhoods.
(c) Hunt for the next day's breakfast.
(d) Have a bonfire.

5. The narrator reveals that her parents have not forgiven her for
(a) Getting divorced and abandoning her child.
(b) Getting married without them.
(c) Living with a man outside of marriage.
(d) Leaving the lake to live in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paul sees the narrator

2. The narrator describes the lake as

3. What is significant about the narrator's brother drowning?

4. What is suggested by the fact that the narrator describes Anna as her best woman friend, though they've know each other only two months?

5. The narrator and her companions are traveling in

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