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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The others decide they want to
(a) Help the narrator find her father.
(b) Continue fishing.
(c) Hunt for bears.
(d) Stay on for the rest of the week.

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

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

6. The narrator reflects that when she "willed" her fish to be caught, she could tell herself
(a) That they had chosen to die and had forgiven her in advance.
(b) That she had accomplished something all by herself.
(c) That the fish did not feel any pain.
(d) That she had outsmarted the fish, like her brother.

7. What burdensome object has David insisted on bringing in the canoe?
(a) His movie camera.
(b) His radio.
(c) His raincoat.
(d) His suitcase.

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

9. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because
(a) They do not want the women to know what they are filming.
(b) They can not wait for the women to finish their gardening.
(c) They only want males to appear in the film.
(d) They are afraid the women will break the camera.

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

11. The first danger the group encounters is
(a) The slippery, rotted dock.
(b) The narrator's insane father.
(c) The grizzly bears.
(d) The American fishermen.

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

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

14. The narrator reports that she is beginning to suspect
(a) That her father is alive.
(b) That she is somehow different from her guests.
(c) That her head and body are somehow separate.
(d) That she cannot communicate in English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of reading or playing bridge, the group decides to

2. The canoe trip is difficult for the group because

3. The narrator's attitude toward pain--if it hurts invent a different pain--indicates

4. When the women discuss birth control, the narrator suggests

5. The narrator describes her job as

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