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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. What do the residents of The Cedars do after Bun leaves in "Section 2: Part 4"?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Take a walk.
(c) Go their separate ways.
(d) Sit down to talk about her.

2. In "Section 2: Part 6", what does the narrator say the sea did to him as a child?
(a) Washed away his footprints.
(b) Built him a sand castle.
(c) Took him away to an island.
(d) Carried him back to the shore.

3. At the end of "Section 2: Part 6", who comes to get the narrator?
(a) Miss Vavasour.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) A nurse.

4. When the narrator remembers moving to The Cedars, how does he say the Colonel acted?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Excited.

5. Who told Anna the narrator's real name?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) Claire.
(c) Chloe.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say Anna wanted a camera taken to her in the hospital?

2. Why does the narrator say Anna felt pity for him as she was dying?

3. What does the Colonel do when his family doesn't visit him as they promised?

4. What does the narrator say will happen to his life when he dies?

5. What does the narrator say is "outrageous" about the storm in "Section 2: Part 3"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Colonel's daily life like?

2. How does the narrator say he used to feel about eggs as a child?

3. What did Anna do with her camera in the hospital?

4. In "Section 2: Part 3", what does the narrator say about his life after his father left?

5. How does the narrator describe the storm in "Section 2: Part 3"?

6. In "Section 2: Part 5", what does the narrator use as an example of Chloe's cruelty?

7. Why does the narrator dislike being photographed?

8. What does the narrator remember about Anna's death in "Section 2: Part 5"?

9. What does the narrator believe about life after death?

10. What do Bun and Miss Vavasour argue about in "Section 2: Part 4"?

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