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

2. What is suggested by the fact that the narrator describes Anna as her best woman friend, though they've know each other only two months?
(a) The narrator does not like people.
(b) The narrator and Anna have many things in common.
(c) The narrator does not have many female friends.
(d) The narrator and Anna have actually known each other much longer.

3. After reviewing her father's papers, the narrator decides
(a) Her father had some secret purpose she must discover.
(b) Her father had been an artist too.
(c) Her father had gone insane.
(d) Her father had been hired to write another report.

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

5. At the start of the chapter, the narrator resolves
(a) That she must keep looking for her father no matter what.
(b) That she has to leave the island immediately.
(c) That she has done all she can, and no one can expect more from her.
(d) That she will marry Joe if he asks her.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the chapter the narrator reveals the attitude that

2. At the end of the chapter the narrator describes herself as

3. What does the narrator's mother tell her when she asks where dead people go?

4. While the narrator shops, her companions

5. What new structure has invaded the narrator's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's revelation about Christ?

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

4. What confusion seizes Joe while he is sleeping?

5. Why does the narrator believe there are rules for what she can and cannot do on the island?

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

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

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

9. Describe David's view of his marriage.

10. What does the narrator believe she sees at the end of the chapter?

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