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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 canoe trip is difficult for the group because
(a) The wind is strong and the group is inexperienced.
(b) The canoe is too heavy.
(c) David and Joe cannot be trusted.
(d) The Americans have interrupted their progress.

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

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

4. The repetition of the word "echoes" in the last paragraph suggests
(a) Refusing to hear others properly.
(b) Making the same mistakes over and over again.
(c) Having one's own words thrown back at them.
(d) Repeating or revisiting the past.

5. What happens between the narrator and Joe while picking blueberries?
(a) The narrator tells Joe she is in love with someone else.
(b) Joe proposes and the narrator refuses.
(c) The narrator tells Joe she is returning to her husband.
(d) Joe breaks up with the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. The description of the tourists who visit the town implies

2. What is significant about the narrator's brother drowning?

3. What question does the narrator recall asking her husband on their wedding day?

4. David and Anna seem to communicate by

5. While the narrator shops, her companions

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the narrator's perception of the townspeople toward her.

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

4. How does David feel about Americans?

5. Why does the narrator hide from the searchers?

6. What change can be observed in the narrator at the start of the chapter?

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

8. What is suggested by the group's ignorance about nature?

9. Why does the narrator destroy the contents of the cabin?

10. What kind of relationship does the narrator seem to have with Joe?

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