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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's attitude toward pain--if it hurts invent a different pain--indicates
(a) She is currently looking for a diversion from pain in her life.
(b) She is a masochist.
(c) She is confrontational when dealing with pain.
(d) She is unable to deal with any pain.

2. What information does Anna share with the narrator?
(a) That she has frequently been unfaithful to David.
(b) That David's flirtation is really all about her, not the narrator.
(c) That she and David are not happily married.
(d) That David is in love with the narrator.

3. 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.

4. At the end of the chapter, the author compares an unborn child to
(a) A secret passenger.
(b) A frog in a jar.
(c) A leech.
(d) An unopened gift.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill Malmstrom's purpose in visiting the island?

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

3. The narrator remembers a tugboat with a house on it that appealed to her because

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

5. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David feel about Americans?

2. Describe the narrator's relationship with her traveling companions.

3. What attitude does the narrator express about the emotions of others?

4. What is suggested by Anna's statements about her make-up?

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

6. What attitude does the narrator have toward living things ?

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

8. Describe the narrator's flashback about the birth of her child.

9. What were the narrator's experiences with religion as a child?

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

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