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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The description of the tourists who visit the town implies
(a) The narrator feels hatred and hostility toward them.
(b) The narrator appreciates their contribution to the town.
(c) The narrator feels they are imposters.
(d) The narrator is indifferent to their presence.

2. While the narrator shops, her companions
(a) Decide to return to the city.
(b) Have found a clue about her father.
(c) Drink beer in the motel.
(d) Find transportation to the cabin.

3. The narrator describes the lake as
(a) Blue and cool as redemption.
(b) A haze of tears and vomit.
(c) Green and inviting.
(d) Faded and defaced.

4. The others agree to wait at the motel because
(a) They want to avoid an emotional situation with the narrator.
(b) They are not welcome in the town.
(c) They know the narrator wants to get away from them.
(d) They just want to have fun and drink beer.

5. At the gas station, the narrator is embarrassed when her friends
(a) Take what they want without buying anything.
(b) Use curse words in front of the locals.
(c) Admire the moose dressed as people.
(d) Take pictures of the locals without asking.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator remembers a tugboat with a house on it that appealed to her because

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

4. The narrator's attitude toward pain--if it hurts invent a different pain--indicates

5. The narrator's description of the city they drive through is

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