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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say happened at the end of the Grace family picnic?
(a) Chloe hit him.
(b) He helped clean up.
(c) Mr. Grace made him leave early.
(d) His mother was late picking him up.

2. What does the narrator assume Roget used to do to patients?
(a) Use laughing gas.
(b) Take their medicine.
(c) Lie to them.
(d) Study them.

3. What does the narrator say that he saw at the Grace picnic that troubled him?
(a) Mrs. Grace's crotch.
(b) Myles being beat.
(c) Chloe's scar.
(d) Rose's chest.

4. After the Grace picnic, what does the narrator say worried him most about Mr. Grace?
(a) His political influence.
(b) His poor driving skills.
(c) His violent side.
(d) His depression.

5. What type of game does the narrator remember Mrs. Grace wanting to play at the picnic?
(a) A betting game.
(b) A jumping game.
(c) A running game.
(d) A chasing game.

6. What confuses the narrator most about Bonnard?
(a) How to write to him.
(b) How to treat him.
(c) How to critique his work.
(d) How to define him.

7. Who does Claire blame for breaking up her relationship in "Section 1: Part 3"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) The Grace family.
(d) Her father.

8. What makes the narrator's bed interesting to him?
(a) It is old.
(b) It is carved.
(c) It is falling apart.
(d) It is painted white.

9. What does the narrator say Chloe used to do to grasshoppers?
(a) Build them new homes.
(b) Set them on fire.
(c) Pull their legs off.
(d) Keep them in a box.

10. In "Section 1: Part 5", what does the narrator say his priest told him about thoughts as a child?
(a) That they could be sins.
(b) That they were owned by God.
(c) That they were never good.
(d) That they should be written down.

11. What does the narrator say fascinated him about Avril?
(a) Her weight.
(b) Her freckles.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her clothing.

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

13. What is The Cedars?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) A retirement home.
(c) Rehab.
(d) A school.

14. How does the narrator describe the early self-portraits of Van Gogh?
(a) Angry.
(b) Complex.
(c) Talented.
(d) Juvenile.

15. Where is the narrator when he first meets Chloe?
(a) The Grace's house.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) Church.
(d) The beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say was the first member of the Grace family to greet him?

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

3. What do stocking feet remind the narrator of?

4. How does the narrator say Anna's death affected his body?

5. In "Section 1: Part 5", what does the narrator say he lacked in the early days of Anna's illness?

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