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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Section 1: Part 1", what does the narrator say he should have done?

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

3. Why does the narrator say he would joke with his wife about people thinking she was pregnant?

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

5. What color is the stone the narrator says he is transported to in "Section 1: Part 6"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator say he felt after meeting Avril?

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

4. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say about the impact of Anna's death on him?

5. In "Section 1: Part 2", what work does the narrator reveal himself to be working on?

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

7. How does the narrator say he came to The Cedars?

8. What does the narrator say he and Claire argued about after visiting The Cedars together in "Section 1: Part 3"?

9. What makes the narrator interested in his room at The Cedars?

10. What does the narrator say about a "white box of light" in "Section 1: Part 6"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is your opinion about the layout of "The Sea"? How does the lack of chapter breaks impact the reader? What is the purpose of this? Is the technique effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the setting of The Cedars in this novel. How does this setting impact the characters and the plot? What makes the location a character itself?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the effect of keeping it a secret until the end that Miss Vavasour is actually Rose. How does this affect the development of Miss Vavasour's character?

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