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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 does the narrator see in the water at the end of "Section 1: Part 6"?

2. When the narrator remembers vacationing with his family in "Section 1: Part 2", what troubled his mother?

3. How does the narrator describe living with his ill wife in "Section 1: Part 1"?

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

5. What does the narrator say he likened Mrs. Grace's body to as a teenager?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see when he looks in the mirror in "Section 1: Part 6"?

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

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

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

6. In "Section 1: Part 4", what does the narrator say Chloe shared with him as they became friends?

7. What does the narrator say happened to the dairy farmer his would visit as a child?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 development of the narrator's identity throughout the novel.

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