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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Flashing back on her first husband, the narrator states
(a) The failure of their marriage was entirely his fault.
(b) She believes she never loved him.
(c) She will never trust the word "love" again.
(d) He was an inexperienced woodsman.

4. The narrator believes she is a successful children's book illustrator because
(a) She knows what children like.
(b) She is a savvy businesswoman.
(c) She has her own personal style.
(d) She can imitate anything a publisher wants.

5. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that
(a) She is living with a man who is not her husband.
(b) She is never returning to Canada.
(c) She will not be attending the funeral.
(d) She is divorced and has abandoned her child.

6. The narrator believes her father
(a) Will be waiting for her when she arrives.
(b) Will be furious with her for staying away so long.
(c) Has died out on the lake.
(d) Does not want to be found.

7. What does the narrator say she should have studied instead of art?
(a) Botany.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) History.
(d) Psychology.

8. The narrator is trying to decide
(a) Whether she is falling in love with David.
(b) Whether she loves Joe.
(c) Whether she loved her first husband.
(d) Whether she loved her parents.

9. Who interrupts the narrator in the outhouse and why?
(a) David, telling her she must be caught.
(b) Anna, asking her if she is okay.
(c) Paul, with news about her father.
(d) Joe, insisting that they talk about their relationship.

10. What question does the narrator recall asking her husband on their wedding day?
(a) Do you feel better?
(b) Why are you doing this to me?
(c) Why can't we just go on like before?
(d) Aren't I good enough for you?

11. Because Anna is angry with him, David comments on
(a) Anna's flab.
(b) The narrator's behind.
(c) Joe's refusal to talk.
(d) Anna's make-up.

12. The narrator takes her guests to visit what local oddity?
(a) The motel.
(b) The fountain.
(c) The teepee.
(d) The bottle house.

13. The narrator finally tells Anna
(a) That her father is probably dead.
(b) That she has been married and has a child.
(c) That Joe has proposed.
(d) That she wants to leave the island.

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

15. 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?
(a) The narrator does not like people.
(b) The narrator and Anna have many things in common.
(c) The narrator does not have many female friends.
(d) The narrator and Anna have actually known each other much longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the flashback about her mother, the narrator reveals

2. The first danger the group encounters is

3. David slips in and out of "a yokel dialect," which implies

4. The narrator reflects that when she "willed" her fish to be caught, she could tell herself

5. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss

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