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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes her job as
(a) Important and undervalued.
(b) Pretentious and worldly.
(c) Appropriate and tailored to her, like a well-made suit.
(d) Awkward and ill-fitting, like an artificial limb.

2. What does the narrator feel is her first mistake during her visit to the store?
(a) She assumes the speak English, and they do not.
(b) She asks about the old priest, who is dead.
(c) She tries to speak French, but has a discernable accent.
(d) She asks for Canadian bacon, proving she is American.

3. Joe wants to know
(a) If the narrator is losing her mind.
(b) If the narrator loves him now.
(c) If the narrator is pregnant.
(d) If the narrator is leaving him.

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

5. At the end of the chapter, the author compares an unborn child to
(a) A leech.
(b) A frog in a jar.
(c) A secret passenger.
(d) An unopened gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that

2. The others agree to wait at the motel because

3. The narrator leaves her droppings behind and sleeps in a den because

4. At the end of the chapter the narrator describes herself as

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

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