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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 reports that she is beginning to suspect
(a) That she is somehow different from her guests.
(b) That she cannot communicate in English.
(c) That her head and body are somehow separate.
(d) That her father is alive.

2. David wants to stay on the island
(a) To do some fishing.
(b) To escape his responsibilities.
(c) To be alone with the narrator.
(d) To find the narrator's father.

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

4. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss
(a) Who will move out of their shared apartment.
(b) The narrator's desire to have a child.
(c) David and Anna's marriage.
(d) The date they will set for their wedding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator believes Joe first liked her because

2. What change is developing in the narrator's relationship with Joe?

3. The narrator decides that everything she values about Joe is

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

5. During her visit with Paul, the narrator flashes back on

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the fact that the others have locked the narrator out of the cabin?

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

3. How does the narrator plan to survive without the cabin and the food from the garden.

4. Why does the narrator believe all her friends are "Americans" now?

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

6. In what way is Anna like "a burned leech?"

7. Describe the experience the narrator has with her mother.

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

9. Why does the narrator decide to return to the city?

10. Both of the childhood rhymes mentioned in the chapter have to do with what subject? Why are they important?

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