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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 3 (pp. 136-148).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say he decided to move to The Cedars?
(a) After reading about it in the paper.
(b) A month before Anna's death.
(c) When Claire convinced him to.
(d) After visiting it when Anna died.

2. What does the narrator say Avril told him about the dairy farmer's family?
(a) They have all died.
(b) They work in the city now.
(c) They moved down the road.
(d) They all left for Europe.

3. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say he once argued with Claire about?
(a) If they would ever be friends.
(b) If he was sober enough to drive home.
(c) If she was old enough to control her life.
(d) If he was lonely enough to marry again.

4. What does the narrator say at the end of "Section 1: Part 6"?
(a) That he is almost there.
(b) That there isn't real.
(c) That he has always been there.
(d) That he will never go there.

5. At the end of "Section 1: Part 6", what does the narrator hear?
(a) A cry.
(b) Silence.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator think of Van Gogh's self-portraits in "Section 1: Part 6"?

2. In "Section 1: Part 6", what does the narrator say he is trapped in?

3. What does the narrator say he inspected first on the dairy farmer's land in "Section 1: Part 3"?

4. What does the narrator do with the rock in "Section 1: Part 6"?

5. In "Section 2: Part 3", when does the narrator start insulting a woman who left him?

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