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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. Though the narrator has memorized survival guides, she realizes that it is still possible
(a) To learn more about nature.
(b) To lose one's way.
(c) To forget which plants are edible and which are not.
(d) To detach herself from nature entirely.

2. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because
(a) They are afraid the women will break the camera.
(b) They only want males to appear in the film.
(c) They do not want the women to know what they are filming.
(d) They can not wait for the women to finish their gardening.

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

4. At the end of the chapter the narrator reveals the attitude that
(a) She prefers to tell people her feelings.
(b) She prefers to let others take care of their own problems.
(c) She wants to be in a good marriage.
(d) She believes she is her brother's keeper.

5. David slips in and out of "a yokel dialect," which implies
(a) His identity is flexible as well.
(b) He came from the country originally.
(c) He has contempt for the town and the people.
(d) He does not know they speak French in Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the narrator in the outhouse and why?

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

3. The narrator feels the others will not understand her search for her father because

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

5. The narrator is trying to decide

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about David's interest in fishing and filming Random Samples?

3. What does the dead heron represent for the narrator?

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

5. Describe the picture the narrator has found as a "gift" from her mother.

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

7. How does the narrator see David?

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

9. What does the narrator reveal about the lake and river?

10. When the narrator discovers that the other campers are Canadian, not American as she had suspected, what new fear grips her.

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