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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David want to do with the fish in the morning?
(a) Film it for Random Samples.
(b) Bury it for fertilizer.
(c) Take a photo with it.
(d) Cook it over an open fire.

2. The narrator believes her parents never took down the chicken-wire enclosure because
(a) They were always keeping useless things.
(b) They used it to catch rabbits.
(c) They anticipated grandchildren.
(d) It was now used to enclose the garden.

3. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss
(a) The date they will set for their wedding.
(b) David and Anna's marriage.
(c) Who will move out of their shared apartment.
(d) The narrator's desire to have a child.

4. David wants to stay on the island
(a) To find the narrator's father.
(b) To do some fishing.
(c) To be alone with the narrator.
(d) To escape his responsibilities.

5. What information does Anna share with the narrator?
(a) That David's flirtation is really all about her, not the narrator.
(b) That David is in love with the narrator.
(c) That she and David are not happily married.
(d) That she has frequently been unfaithful to David.

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

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

8. The name of the film David is making is called
(a) Samples of Reality
(b) Random Samples
(c) Random Sayings
(d) Random Places

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

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

11. The narrator reveals that her parents have not forgiven her for
(a) Getting married without them.
(b) Living with a man outside of marriage.
(c) Getting divorced and abandoning her child.
(d) Leaving the lake to live in the city.

12. At the end of the chapter the narrator decides
(a) She will find her father no matter what it costs her.
(b) She will take her father's drawings to the police.
(c) She will burn her father's drawings and leave him in peace on the island.
(d) Her father must have been killed by the Americans.

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

14. What does the narrator's mother tell her when she asks where dead people go?
(a) She says he would go to the graveyard.
(b) She says he would go to heaven.
(c) She says she does not know.
(d) She says he would still be there in spirit.

15. The narrator feels the others will not understand her search for her father because
(a) They all disowned their parents long ago.
(b) They all believe he is dead already.
(c) They all want to return to the city.
(d) They did not know him and do not care what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the lake as

2. The fact that the narrator cannot speak the language of her hometown suggests

3. The narrator decides her childhood was a good one because

4. David suggests Americans want the land because

5. Though the narrator has memorized survival guides, she realizes that it is still possible

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