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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the chapter the narrator describes herself as
(a) Without words to describe her feelings.
(b) Numb and detached.
(c) Bleeding and in pain.
(d) A magician.

2. When Paul sees the narrator
(a) He confronts her angrily.
(b) He runs to greet her.
(c) He denies having written her.
(d) He does not recognize her.

3. The narrator discovers Anna
(a) Putting on her make-up early in the morning.
(b) Sneaking a cigarette outside.
(c) Digging through her old scrapbooks.
(d) Weeding the garden for her.

4. David suggests Americans want the land because
(a) They have used up all their fresh water and will have to move north.
(b) They have run out of land for their factories.
(c) They have always wanted to own Canada too.
(d) They can not settle the wilderness by themselves.

5. What were the subjects of the narrator's drawings in her scrapbooks?
(a) Women and Easter eggs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Woodland animals.
(d) Cave paintings.

6. The fact that the narrator cannot speak the language of her hometown suggests
(a) She does not care about communicating with her parents' friends.
(b) She feels foreign.
(c) She does not fully identify with it, and does not feel understood.
(d) She rejects the idea that she is French Canadian.

7. The narrator and her companions are traveling in
(a) Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Canada.

8. The narrator decides that everything she values about Joe is
(a) Emotional.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Physical.
(d) Debatable.

9. Paul assumes the narrator is traveling with her husband because
(a) She has told him she will bring a man along.
(b) Women are not safe to travel alone in that part of Canada.
(c) She has not told anyone she is divorced.
(d) She is obviously traveling with a man.

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

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

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

13. The narrator has to ask for directions because
(a) The area has changed since she visited last.
(b) They have arrived in the wrong town.
(c) All the new roads have confused her.
(d) She can't remember where she lived.

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

15. The narrator claims to rehearse
(a) Disaster scenarios.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Facts and figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel is her first mistake during her visit to the store?

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

3. The narrator feels the others will not understand her search for her father because

4. The narrator reveals that she has not visited her parents here because

5. The narrator finally tells Anna

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