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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 is special about Bun's name?

3. What does the narrator say Chloe did when she accepted his love?

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

5. What does the narrator remember Anna doing at the moment of her death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say Chloe reminds him of in the world to this day?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Anna do with her camera in the hospital?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze either the sea, ships, or storms as a motif in this novel. What does this symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the development of the narrator's identity throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the allusions to the classics, literature and art in this novel. What role do these allusions play?

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