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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the flashback about her mother, the narrator reveals
(a) That nothing can keep children safe.
(b) That her mother was afraid of the bear, but did not show it when she protected her children.
(c) That bears were threatening the island.
(d) That her mother was too afraid to protect her children.

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

3. Because Anna is angry with him, David comments on
(a) Anna's flab.
(b) The narrator's behind.
(c) Anna's make-up.
(d) Joe's refusal to talk.

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

5. Who interrupts the narrator in the outhouse and why?
(a) Joe, insisting that they talk about their relationship.
(b) David, telling her she must be caught.
(c) Anna, asking her if she is okay.
(d) Paul, with news about her father.

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

7. What is significant about the narrator's brother drowning?
(a) The narrator never gets a chance to know him.
(b) He is looking up out of the water.
(c) He does not die, but is saved by his mother.
(d) He develops a lifelong fear of water.

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

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

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

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

12. The narrator describes her job as
(a) Awkward and ill-fitting, like an artificial limb.
(b) Appropriate and tailored to her, like a well-made suit.
(c) Important and undervalued.
(d) Pretentious and worldly.

13. 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.

14. The narrator thinks she cannot communicate with Joe because
(a) She does not know the right language.
(b) She does not want to.
(c) She is afraid he will be violent.
(d) He does not know what he is talking about.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The repetition of the word "echoes" in the last paragraph suggests

2. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss

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

4. As she travels through the town, the narrator feels

5. The narrator decides it would be easy for a person who is hiding to

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