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

2. What does the narrator say that he saw at the Grace picnic that troubled him?

3. In "Section 1: Part 5", where does the narrator say he isn't when he says: "where [he is] neither alive nor..."

4. What type of game does the narrator remember Mrs. Grace wanting to play at the picnic?

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 remember his mother reacting when he told her he wanted to go to a picnic with the Grace family?

2. What does the narrator say happened after he saw Mrs. Grace's crotch at the picnic?

3. What was the narrator's family life like before his father left?

4. What does the narrator say about place at the end of "Section 1: Part 6"?

5. At the end of "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his mind?

6. In "Section 1: Part 5", how does the narrator describe Anna's father?

7. How does the narrator support his statement that Chloe was violent?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's commentary on childhood?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the use of shifting tenses in this novel. Is it effective? How or how not? Is it distracting? How or how not? Why might the author have the narrator tell his stories in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the reliability of this narrator. Why is narrator reliability important?

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