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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though David catches the fish, the narrator must
(a) Throw it back as it is too small.
(b) Provide him with the bait and kill the fish.
(c) Reel it in and kill it.
(d) Hand it over to the Americans.

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

3. The narrator remembers a tugboat with a house on it that appealed to her because
(a) The people on the boat seemed to be having fun.
(b) She could move any time she wished, taking only the people she wanted to be around.
(c) She could escape her parents with a boat like that.
(d) Her goal was to live on the water.

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

5. The fishing trip is cut short when
(a) The group decides to go back and cook the fish.
(b) They discover they have no more worms.
(c) David and Anna begin fighting.
(d) Two Americans arrive and begin to fish, too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator notice about the fountain in town?

2. The narrator believes her father

3. The narrator discovers Anna

4. The repetition of the word "echoes" in the last paragraph suggests

5. The narrator believes her parents never took down the chicken-wire enclosure because

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