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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David wants to stay on the island
(a) To do some fishing.
(b) To be alone with the narrator.
(c) To escape his responsibilities.
(d) To find the narrator's father.

2. The narrator is trying to decide
(a) Whether she loved her parents.
(b) Whether she is falling in love with David.
(c) Whether she loved her first husband.
(d) Whether she loves Joe.

3. While the narrator shops, her companions
(a) Drink beer in the motel.
(b) Decide to return to the city.
(c) Have found a clue about her father.
(d) Find transportation to the cabin.

4. The others agree to wait at the motel because
(a) They know the narrator wants to get away from them.
(b) They want to avoid an emotional situation with the narrator.
(c) They just want to have fun and drink beer.
(d) They are not welcome in the town.

5. What is significant about the narrator's brother drowning?
(a) The narrator never gets a chance to know him.
(b) He does not die, but is saved by his mother.
(c) He develops a lifelong fear of water.
(d) He is looking up out of the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator decides that everything she values about Joe is

2. The narrator's father preferred animals to people because

3. What does the narrator feel is her first mistake during her visit to the store?

4. What does the narrator's mother tell her when she asks where dead people go?

5. The narrator describes her job as

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