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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 is special about Bun's name?

2. What does the narrator say he and Anna agreed upon when they got married?

3. What do the residents of The Cedars do after Bun leaves in "Section 2: Part 4"?

4. What does the narrator say he believes in instead of an afterlife?

5. Where does the narrator say Chloe found another boy to torture with her love?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Section 2: Part 5", what does the narrator use as an example of Chloe's cruelty?

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

3. What is the Colonel's daily life like?

4. In "Section 2: Part 1", what details can the narrator remember about Chloe?

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

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

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

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

9. In "Section 2: Part 4", what does the narrator say about his agreement with Anna?

10. What does the narrator remember Rose confessing to Mrs. Grace in "Section 2: Part 5"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What commentary does the author deliver about the interaction between the past and present?

Essay Topic 2

How is disappointment a theme in this novel? What message about disappointment is conveyed?

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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