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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts the narrator in the outhouse and why?
(a) Paul, with news about her father.
(b) David, telling her she must be caught.
(c) Anna, asking her if she is okay.
(d) Joe, insisting that they talk about their relationship.

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

3. The canoe trip is difficult for the group because
(a) David and Joe cannot be trusted.
(b) The Americans have interrupted their progress.
(c) The wind is strong and the group is inexperienced.
(d) The canoe is too heavy.

4. The narrator decides her childhood was a good one because
(a) There was no war or poverty during her youth.
(b) It was in Canada rather than America.
(c) Anna tells her she should appreciate it.
(d) It was safe and removed from real world events.

5. In the morning, the narrator and Joe discuss
(a) David and Anna's marriage.
(b) Who will move out of their shared apartment.
(c) The date they will set for their wedding.
(d) The narrator's desire to have a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator visits her mother in the hospital, she informs her mother that

2. The description of the tourists who visit the town implies

3. The narrator reports that she is beginning to suspect

4. The men take turns taking footage of the wood they have chopped rather than letting the women film them because

5. The narrator finds it difficult to enter the lake because

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator discovers that the other campers are Canadian, not American as she had suspected, what new fear grips her.

2. What is significant about the narrator's description of the herons?

3. What attitude does the narrator have toward living things ?

4. What perceptions do her guests have of the town?

5. Why does the narrator decide to return to the city?

6. What is the narrator's revelation about Christ?

7. How is the narrator changing as she remembers her past?

8. Why is the narrator bothered by the new road, and the ease with which she is able to arrive at her destination?

9. What does the dead heron represent for the narrator?

10. How does the narrator see David?

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