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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of reading or playing bridge, the group decides to
(a) Have a bonfire.
(b) Smoke pot out by the lake.
(c) Hunt for the next day's breakfast.
(d) Tell each other stories about their childhoods.

2. What does the narrator find hanging from a tree?
(a) A torn-up doll.
(b) A dead heron.
(c) Her father.
(d) A dead fish.

3. At the end of the chapter the narrator reveals the attitude that
(a) She prefers to tell people her feelings.
(b) She prefers to let others take care of their own problems.
(c) She believes she is her brother's keeper.
(d) She wants to be in a good marriage.

4. The narrator compares Anna's cries to
(a) A cry for help from God.
(b) The sounds of the woodland animals.
(c) The cries of the heron.
(d) An animal's when caught in a trap.

5. The narrator decides her childhood was a good one because
(a) There was no war or poverty during her youth.
(b) It was in Canada rather than America.
(c) Anna tells her she should appreciate it.
(d) It was safe and removed from real world events.

6. The narrator's attitude toward pain--if it hurts invent a different pain--indicates
(a) She is a masochist.
(b) She is unable to deal with any pain.
(c) She is currently looking for a diversion from pain in her life.
(d) She is confrontational when dealing with pain.

7. David blames the changes in the town and the negative outcomes on
(a) Changing times.
(b) Americans and capitalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Changing values.

8. Though the narrator has memorized survival guides, she realizes that it is still possible
(a) To learn more about nature.
(b) To detach herself from nature entirely.
(c) To lose one's way.
(d) To forget which plants are edible and which are not.

9. After reviewing her father's papers, the narrator decides
(a) Her father had some secret purpose she must discover.
(b) Her father had been hired to write another report.
(c) Her father had gone insane.
(d) Her father had been an artist too.

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

11. David slips in and out of "a yokel dialect," which implies
(a) He does not know they speak French in Canada.
(b) He has contempt for the town and the people.
(c) He came from the country originally.
(d) His identity is flexible as well.

12. The narrator decides it would be easy for a person who is hiding to
(a) Find their true self.
(b) Set traps for the searchers.
(c) Survive on plants and roots.
(d) Avoid those searching for him or her.

13. The narrator tells Paul
(a) That her father has returned to the island.
(b) That her father is probably dead.
(c) That her father is away on a trip.
(d) That her father has gone insane.

14. Along the journey in the lake the narrator sees
(a) Surveyors plotting to raise the lake for use as a reservoir.
(b) Construction workers building on the lake.
(c) A paper company cutting down trees.
(d) Surveyors looking over her land.

15. What happens between the narrator and Joe while picking blueberries?
(a) The narrator tells Joe she is in love with someone else.
(b) Joe breaks up with the narrator.
(c) Joe proposes and the narrator refuses.
(d) The narrator tells Joe she is returning to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator finally tells Anna

2. David wants to stay on the island

3. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because

4. The narrator reports that she is beginning to suspect

5. What new structure has invaded the narrator's hometown?

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