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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator wishes
(a) The "American" campers would fish on a different lake.
(b) The others would leave her behind on the island.
(c) The "American" campers would be destroyed somehow.
(d) The "American" campers would confess to killing the heron.

2. What is Bill Malmstrom's purpose in visiting the island?
(a) He wants to buy the narrator's property.
(b) He wants to seize the land for the government.
(c) He wants to search for the narrator's father.
(d) He wants to scare the narrator into leaving.

3. The narrator has identified two different women in town known as Madame because
(a) Madame is a common name in Canada.
(b) She cannot remember anyone's name anymore.
(c) She remembers them as older, married women.
(d) None of the women in town had names when she was a child.

4. David is interested in the dead bird
(a) Only as a biological specimen.
(b) Because he cares about animals.
(c) Because he is hungry.
(d) Only as a Random Sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. David and Anna seem to communicate by

2. The narrator is bothered by city toilets because

3. The narrator compares Anna to

4. While the narrator shops, her companions

5. What does the narrator say she should have studied instead of art?

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