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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Part 4 (pp. 52-68).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe living with his ill wife in "Section 1: Part 1"?
(a) Like they were buried alive.
(b) Like they were on a new planet.
(c) Like they were on display.
(d) Like they were sinking.

2. In "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his pains?
(a) As stemming from his childhood.
(b) As perhaps being fictional.
(c) As being the result of an accident.
(d) As needing topical creams.

3. Where does the narrator say he took his daughter for tea after leaving the farm in "Section 1: Part 3"?
(a) A museum.
(b) His house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A restaurant.

4. In "Section 1: Part 4", where does the narrator say people sail their vessels of sadness to?
(a) The peace.
(b) The autumn.
(c) The edge.
(d) The land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say he felt when he discovered the dairy farmer's lane in "Section 1: Part 3"?

2. What does the narrator say he likened Mrs. Grace's body to as a teenager?

3. Why does the narrator say he went to The Cedars after Anna died?

4. How old does the narrator say he is when he first meets Chloe?

5. What does the narrator say he did with Claire shortly after Anna died?

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