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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 say Anna though of after his mother died?

2. What does the narrator feel is ironic about his desire to protect Chloe?

3. How did Chloe die?

4. In "Section 2: Part 6", what does the narrator say the sea did to him as a child?

5. In "Section 2: Part 3", when does the narrator start insulting a woman who left him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the night the Colonel's family doesn't visit like they said they would?

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

3. How does the narrator describe his love for Chloe in "Section 2: Part 2"?

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

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

6. How does the narrator explain Chloe's death?

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

8. What does the narrator admit to doing to try to better his position in life?

9. What happened the first time the narrator kissed Chloe?

10. What frightens the narrator at the beginning of "Section 2: Part 6"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the author relate the physical deaths of Chloe and Anna to the spiritual deaths of the Colonel, the narrator, and even Miss Vavasour in "The Sea"?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of family in "The Sea".

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