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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. In school pictures, the narrator's face was always
(a) Smiling and happy.
(b) Blurred or turned away.
(c) Serious and frowning.
(d) Front and center.

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

3. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because
(a) They can not wait for the women to finish their gardening.
(b) They are afraid the women will break the camera.
(c) They only want males to appear in the film.
(d) They do not want the women to know what they are filming.

4. The narrator's insistence that does not know the right languages or dialects supports the idea that
(a) She was isolated from French speakers as a child.
(b) She has never been a good student.
(c) She struggles to communicate with others.
(d) She struggles to interpret foreigners.

5. Though the narrator has memorized survival guides, she realizes that it is still possible
(a) To learn more about nature.
(b) To detach herself from nature entirely.
(c) To lose one's way.
(d) To forget which plants are edible and which are not.

Short Answer Questions

1. David suggests Americans want the land because

2. The narrator feels the others will not understand her search for her father because

3. What does the narrator find hanging from a tree?

4. On the lake the narrator feels a sense of

5. What does the narrator feel is her first mistake during her visit to the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change can be observed in the narrator at the start of the chapter?

2. What does the narrator decide about marriage at the end of the chapter?

3. What is the narrator's revelation about Christ?

4. Why is the narrator upset with her parents?

5. What is significant about the narrator's description of the herons?

6. What happens when the narrator attempts to communicate with Joe in the chapter?

7. What does the narrator believe she sees at the end of the chapter?

8. How is the narrator changing as she remembers her past?

9. Why does the narrator hide from the searchers?

10. Why does the narrator decide to return to the city?

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