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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator say comforted Chloe after her argument with Rose at the beach?
(a) Myles.
(b) Mrs. Grace.
(c) Himself.
(d) Rose.

2. Why does the narrator say he uses a name other than the one on his birth certificate?
(a) For fun.
(b) To separate himself from his father.
(c) To confuse people who may be looking for him.
(d) For writing.

3. In "Section 2: Part 1", what does the narrator say he used to do while swimming in the sea?
(a) Try to catch fish.
(b) Dive for rocks.
(c) Swim out far.
(d) Stay in the shallow end.

4. In "Section 2: Part 4", what do Bun and Miss Vavasour argue over?
(a) How to make a cake.
(b) Decorating.
(c) Their ex-husbands.
(d) Their influence.

5. How does the narrator say he and his mother learned of his father's death?
(a) A phone call from the doctor.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A note from a woman.

6. What does the narrator say were Anna's last words?
(a) I have stopped time.
(b) Break all the clocks.
(c) Watch the clocks tick.
(d) Keep time going.

7. In "Section 2: Part 3", when the narrator starts insulting a woman who left him, what does he say he needs?
(a) Someone to save him.
(b) Someone to hug him.
(c) Someone to forgive him.
(d) Someone to pay him for his hurt.

8. How did Chloe die?
(a) She was hit by a car.
(b) She fell.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She was poisoned.

9. In "Section 2: Part 1", what does the narrator say he decided to do immediately after Anna's death?
(a) Start to farm.
(b) Repaint the house.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Move.

10. In "Section 2: Part 3", when does the narrator start insulting a woman who left him?
(a) During coffee.
(b) When Miss Vavasour is on the phone.
(c) In the middle of dinner.
(d) In his sleep.

11. At the end of "Section 2: Part 2", how does the narrator say he feels?
(a) Excited.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Tired.
(d) Old.

12. How does the narrator say Chloe treated Rose after her confession of love for Mr. Grace?
(a) With cruelty.
(b) With more kindness.
(c) She ignored her.
(d) She began to order her around.

13. When does the narrator say his mother started drinking?
(a) After his father left.
(b) After he left home.
(c) After she became ill.
(d) After he had a daughter.

14. What does the narrator compare Rose's confession of love for Mr. Grace to?
(a) A train.
(b) A storm.
(c) A ship.
(d) A flower.

15. Who told Anna the narrator's real name?
(a) Claire.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Chloe.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Chloe reminds him about the world?

2. What does the narrator say Anna told Claire about her illness?

3. What does the narrator tell himself at the end of "Section 2: Part 4"?

4. What does Miss Vavasour tell the narrator about his bed in "Section 2: Part 2"?

5. What does the narrator say he believes in instead of an afterlife?

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