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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reflecting on David, the narrator feels
(a) Only sorrow for him.
(b) Rage against him.
(c) Loneliness for his presence.
(d) Only a desire to free Anna from him.

2. The narrator cannot understand the searchers because
(a) She no longer recognizes French or English.
(b) They are speaking Spanish.
(c) They are too far away to be heard.
(d) She no longer hears the sounds from human mouths.

3. According to the narrator, what might save Joe?
(a) His refusal to believe her father is dead.
(b) His refusal to use words.
(c) His refusal to eat meat.
(d) His anger at the narrator.

4. The narrator feels that if she does not feed the child inside her, it will
(a) Cause her parents to leave again.
(b) Begin to feed on her or absorb her.
(c) Become angry and try to destroy her.
(d) Invoke the gods against her.

5. The narrator believes her father
(a) Has revealed her to the searchers.
(b) Can change shapes.
(c) Has come back to take her with him.
(d) Can see her in the dark.

6. The narrator's body remembering how to canoe and dive signals
(a) Her inability to commune with nature.
(b) Her return to her former self.
(c) Her age.
(d) Her desire to leave the city.

7. The narrator seduces Joe because
(a) She loves him after all.
(b) She wants to make up with him.
(c) She wants to get pregnant.
(d) She wants revenge on Anna.

8. In the morning Anna assumes
(a) The narrator and Joe have gotten back together.
(b) The narrator wants them all to leave.
(c) The narrator has accepted her father's death.
(d) The narrator and Joe have run off together.

9. When the narrator finds her brothers "collection,"
(a) She frees the animals.
(b) She feeds the animals.
(c) She confronts her brother.
(d) She tells her parents.

10. What does the narrator refuse to do for David?
(a) She refuses to kill a fish for him.
(b) She refuses to talk to Anna for him.
(c) She refuses to appear in his film.
(d) She refuses to take him fishing.

11. The footprints the narrator thought belonged to her father
(a) Were actually her mother's.
(b) Were actually her own.
(c) Belonged to one of the searchers.
(d) Belonged to a wild animal.

12. Approaching the tool shed, the narrator finds
(a) The searchers are waiting for her.
(b) Her father has locked the shed.
(c) She is now forbidden to walk on paths.
(d) She is now forbidden to use tools.

13. When the narrator meets the "Americans" she learns
(a) They are angry about sharing their fishing spot.
(b) They are transplants from Kansas.
(c) They are actually Canadians and thought she was American.
(d) They are actually French and cannot communicate with her.

14. The narrator plans to hide her pregnancy because
(a) She does not want anyone to see her inhuman child.
(b) She is afraid of the judgement of others.
(c) She plans to escape the island alone.
(d) She is afraid she will be forced to have another abortion.

15. The narrator describes the child inside her as
(a) The nature child.
(b) The fur god with horns and a tail.
(c) The demon.
(d) The American god with horns and a tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her experience in the water, the narrator feels

2. At night the narrator

3. Joe confesses that he slept with Anna, but says

4. When the narrator surveys the damage to the cabin

5. What object does the narrator search for without success before leaving the cabin?

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