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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator reveals that she has not visited her parents here because
(a) She always felt out of place here.
(b) There would be too many explanations.
(c) There would be too much to forgive.
(d) She thought her parents would live forever.

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

4. When the women discuss birth control, the narrator suggests
(a) That women had no choice but to risk their health by taking the pill.
(b) That women had defied men by refusing to take the piill.
(c) That sex without risk or consequences is unnatural.
(d) That Joe and David did not care about the physical risks to the women.

5. On the lake the narrator feels a sense of
(a) Fear and foreboding.
(b) Love and longing for her family.
(c) Cautiousness.
(d) Peace and homecoming.

6. The narrator believes Joe first liked her because
(a) She does not drink alcohol.
(b) She expresses no emotion.
(c) She is an artist.
(d) She has distanced herself from her family.

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

8. At the end of the chapter, the author compares an unborn child to
(a) A secret passenger.
(b) An unopened gift.
(c) A leech.
(d) A frog in a jar.

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

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

11. As she travels through the town, the narrator feels
(a) Sorry that she ever left for the city.
(b) Angry that so much has changed.
(c) No nostalgia or emotion of any kind.
(d) Overwhelmed with love.

12. During her visit with Paul, the narrator flashes back on
(a) Her last visit with her father.
(b) Her last visit with her ex-husband and child.
(c) Her last visit to the lake.
(d) Her last visit with her dying mother.

13. 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) It was now used to enclose the garden.
(d) They anticipated grandchildren.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes her job as

2. After reviewing her father's papers, the narrator decides

3. At the end of the chapter the narrator describes herself as

4. The narrator believes she is a successful children's book illustrator because

5. The narrator finally tells Anna

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