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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of the chapter, the narrator resolves
(a) That she must keep looking for her father no matter what.
(b) That she has to leave the island immediately.
(c) That she will marry Joe if he asks her.
(d) That she has done all she can, and no one can expect more from her.

2. The narrator discovers Anna
(a) Sneaking a cigarette outside.
(b) Digging through her old scrapbooks.
(c) Weeding the garden for her.
(d) Putting on her make-up early in the morning.

3. After reviewing her father's papers, the narrator decides
(a) Her father had been hired to write another report.
(b) Her father had gone insane.
(c) Her father had some secret purpose she must discover.
(d) Her father had been an artist too.

4. At the end of the chapter, the author compares an unborn child to
(a) A leech.
(b) An unopened gift.
(c) A secret passenger.
(d) A frog in a jar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The others agree to wait at the motel because

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

3. The narrator is trying to decide

4. David slips in and out of "a yokel dialect," which implies

5. Paul assumes the narrator is traveling with her husband because

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