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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 afraid she will break down emotionally.
(d) They are unwilling or unable to communicate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that

3. Paul assumes the narrator is traveling with her husband because

4. At the end of the chapter the narrator decides

5. The others agree to wait at the motel because

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator decide about marriage at the end of the chapter?

2. Why does the narrator destroy David's film?

3. Why is the narrator bothered by the new road, and the ease with which she is able to arrive at her destination?

4. Describe the narrator's relationship with her former lover.

5. Describe the character of Paul.

6. What does the narrator decide about being a victim?

7. How does the narrator describe the "lost" part of herself during her encounter with Joe?

8. What change has occurred in the narrator's views on fishing and hunting?

9. What childhood memory interrupts the narrator's feeling of complicity in the heron's death?

10. Why is the narrator upset with her parents?

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