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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The narrator believes she is a successful children's book illustrator because
(a) She knows what children like.
(b) She has her own personal style.
(c) She can imitate anything a publisher wants.
(d) She is a savvy businesswoman.

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

4. The narrator takes her guests to visit what local oddity?
(a) The bottle house.
(b) The motel.
(c) The teepee.
(d) The fountain.

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

6. The narrator's description of the city they drive through is
(a) Dark and dangerous.
(b) Bright and cheerful.
(c) Bleak and depressing.
(d) Sophisticated and upscale.

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

8. After reviewing her father's papers, the narrator decides
(a) Her father had been an artist too.
(b) Her father had gone insane.
(c) Her father had some secret purpose she must discover.
(d) Her father had been hired to write another report.

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

10. None of the others ask the narrator where she is going or what she is doing, which suggests
(a) They are all experienced campers.
(b) They are lazy and disinterested in the island.
(c) They are unwilling or unable to communicate.
(d) They are afraid she will break down emotionally.

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

12. David blames the changes in the town and the negative outcomes on
(a) Changing times.
(b) Americans and capitalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Changing values.

13. Though David catches the fish, the narrator must
(a) Throw it back as it is too small.
(b) Reel it in and kill it.
(c) Provide him with the bait and kill the fish.
(d) Hand it over to the Americans.

14. The narrator is trying to decide
(a) Whether she loved her first husband.
(b) Whether she is falling in love with David.
(c) Whether she loved her parents.
(d) Whether she loves Joe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's insistence that does not know the right languages or dialects supports the idea that

2. David is most interested in

3. The narrator has identified two different women in town known as Madame because

4. The narrator finds it difficult to enter the lake because

5. In the flashback about her mother, the narrator reveals

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