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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. What makes the narrator's bed interesting to him?

2. What is The Cedars?

3. Why does the narrator say he went to The Cedars after Anna died?

4. What ancient city is the narrator reminded of while looking at the water in "Section 1: Part 6"?

5. How does the narrator describe Miss Vavasour's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does the narrator say he and Claire visited after Anna's death?

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

5. Why does the narrator say he thought about the Grace family as a child?

6. In "Section 1: Part 3", what memories of Claire does the narrator have?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explore the theme of cruelty in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast at least two of the vacation locations in this novel. What is significant about each setting?

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