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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Miss Vavasour's appearance?
(a) Short.
(b) Young looking.
(c) Well-dressed.
(d) Overly made-up.

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

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

4. At the picnic, who does the narrator say Mrs. Grace called jealous?
(a) Mr. Grace.
(b) Himself.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Rose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the waves in "Section 1: Part 6" do to the narrator?

2. At the end of "Section 1: Part 6", what does the narrator hear?

3. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator blame on Claire?

4. When does the narrator say his father left his family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's life like at The Cedars?

2. What did the narrator see the first time he saw the Grace family?

3. How does the narrator compare himself to self-portraits?

4. How does the narrator describe the first time he met Chloe Grace?

5. How does the narrator remember his mother reacting when he told her he wanted to go to a picnic with the Grace family?

6. In "Section 1: Part 4", what does the narrator say about crying as a child?

7. When the narrator first met Chloe, what was his own family doing?

8. In "Section 1: Part 5", what does the narrator say about writing?

9. What does the narrator wonder about during the nighttime at The Cedars?

10. What does the narrator say about the gods in "Section 1: Part 1"?

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