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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 will marry Joe if he asks her.
(c) That she has to leave the island immediately.
(d) That she has done all she can, and no one can expect more from her.

2. David teaches
(a) Politics.
(b) English as a Second Language.
(c) Communication classes.
(d) Broadcasting classes.

3. Instead of reading or playing bridge, the group decides to
(a) Tell each other stories about their childhoods.
(b) Hunt for the next day's breakfast.
(c) Have a bonfire.
(d) Smoke pot out by the lake.

4. As she travels through the town, the narrator feels
(a) Sorry that she ever left for the city.
(b) No nostalgia or emotion of any kind.
(c) Angry that so much has changed.
(d) Overwhelmed with love.

5. The narrator's father preferred animals to people because
(a) They behaved rationally and predictably.
(b) They could survive in the wild.
(c) They were guided by nature.
(d) They did not speak.

6. None of the others ask the narrator where she is going or what she is doing, which suggests
(a) They are unwilling or unable to communicate.
(b) They are lazy and disinterested in the island.
(c) They are all experienced campers.
(d) They are afraid she will break down emotionally.

7. What burdensome object has David insisted on bringing in the canoe?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) His radio.
(c) His raincoat.
(d) His movie camera.

8. The narrator compares Anna's cries to
(a) The sounds of the woodland animals.
(b) A cry for help from God.
(c) The cries of the heron.
(d) An animal's when caught in a trap.

9. At the end of the chapter the narrator decides
(a) She will take her father's drawings to the police.
(b) She will find her father no matter what it costs her.
(c) She will burn her father's drawings and leave him in peace on the island.
(d) Her father must have been killed by the Americans.

10. The narrator believes she is a successful children's book illustrator because
(a) She can imitate anything a publisher wants.
(b) She is a savvy businesswoman.
(c) She has her own personal style.
(d) She knows what children like.

11. The narrator and her companions are traveling in
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

12. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because
(a) They are afraid the women will break the camera.
(b) They only want males to appear in the film.
(c) They do not want the women to know what they are filming.
(d) They can not wait for the women to finish their gardening.

13. The narrator decides it would be easy for a person who is hiding to
(a) Set traps for the searchers.
(b) Survive on plants and roots.
(c) Avoid those searching for him or her.
(d) Find their true self.

14. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that
(a) She will not be attending the funeral.
(b) She is divorced and has abandoned her child.
(c) She is never returning to Canada.
(d) She is living with a man who is not her husband.

15. At the end of the chapter the narrator reveals the attitude that
(a) She believes she is her brother's keeper.
(b) She prefers to let others take care of their own problems.
(c) She prefers to tell people her feelings.
(d) She wants to be in a good marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find hanging from a tree?

2. The narrator believes her father

3. Along the journey in the lake the narrator sees

4. Because Anna is angry with him, David comments on

5. In school pictures, the narrator's face was always

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