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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 4 (pp. 148-163).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he would joke with his wife about people thinking she was pregnant?
(a) Because of her illness.
(b) Because she wanted a baby.
(c) Because her ankles were swollen.
(d) Because she was gaining weight.

2. What does the narrator see in the water at the end of "Section 1: Part 6"?
(a) A ship.
(b) A school of fish.
(c) A rowboat.
(d) A whale.

3. At the end of "Section 1: Part 1", what does the narrator say he should have done?
(a) Read more books.
(b) Painted.
(c) Kept a journal.
(d) Traveled the world.

4. In "Section 1: Part 1", how does the narrator describe the deaths of people he knows?
(a) As a burden he carries on his back.
(b) As a wrecked ship.
(c) As a series of falling trees.
(d) As a hole in the ground.

5. Who does the narrator say developed Anna's pictures for her?
(a) A hospital nurse.
(b) Her friend.
(c) He did.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Section 1: Part 1", how does the narrator name the members of the Grace family?

2. In "Section 1: Part 4", what animal does the narrator compare Myles to?

3. What does the narrator say he was told about his bedroom?

4. In "Section 1: Part 4", where does the narrator say people sail their vessels of sadness to?

5. In "Section 2: Part 3", how does the narrator describe the Colonel's life?

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