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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 2 (pp. 109-136).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say Anna felt pity for him as she was dying?
(a) Because he would be left alone with Claire.
(b) Because he didn't understand.
(c) Because he had to care for her.
(d) Because he couldn't hate her.

2. In "Section 1: Part 1", what does the narrator say that Anna said when he made her tea?
(a) She wanted her tea cold.
(b) She thanked him.
(c) She asked to be alone.
(d) She asked for Brandy.

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

4. What does the narrator say Anna feared about being bald?
(a) Losing her hair.
(b) Looking like her father.
(c) Having to wear hats.
(d) People knowing she was sick.

5. Who does the narrator say complained about Anna's hospital photographs?
(a) Anna's friend.
(b) He did.
(c) The hospital staff.
(d) The patients' families.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe living with his ill wife in "Section 1: Part 1"?

2. In "Section 2: Part 1", what bothers the narrator about his memory of Chloe?

3. What does the narrator say Chloe reminds him about the world?

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

5. In "Section 1: Part 4", what does the narrator say his mother did when she once heard him crying?

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