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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A typist.

2. What action does the narrator "instinctively" (149) take at the start of Chapter 17, just after she has heard the doorbell ring at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) She covers her mouth.
(b) She screams.
(c) She grabs the old man's arm.
(d) She crouches down.

3. What color patches does the narrator's adopted dog have on his coat?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Orange.
(d) Brown.

4. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The rose garden.
(c) The museum.
(d) The willow tree.

5. How many officers appear on either side of the narrator in Chapter 13 and hurry her into the elevator before guiding her "through a maze of corridors and into a room at the heart of the building" (103)?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?

2. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?

3. The narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?

4. What does the narrator do with all of her photographs in Chapter 13?

5. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?

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