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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. What does the Colonel do when his family doesn't visit him as they promised?
(a) He starts cooking in the kitchen.
(b) He gets drunk with the narrator.
(c) He goes to his room.
(d) He plans to move out.

2. Why does the narrator say Anna wanted a camera taken to her in the hospital?
(a) So she could learn to use it.
(b) So she could fix the camera.
(c) So she could document her illness.
(d) So she could photograph other patients.

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

4. In "Section 2: Part 1", how does the narrator describe the robin?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Loving.
(c) Jumpy.
(d) Fearless.

5. Why does the narrator say Anna felt pity for him as she was dying?
(a) Because he didn't understand.
(b) Because he would be left alone with Claire.
(c) Because he had to care for her.
(d) Because he couldn't hate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remember doing when he realized Chloe had died?

2. Who does the narrator say complained about Anna's hospital photographs?

3. What does the narrator remember Anna doing at the moment of her death?

4. Where does the narrator end up sleeping the night the Colonel's family doesn't visit him?

5. Why does the narrator say he was so upset to discover the broken bird's eggs as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator remember Rose confessing to Mrs. Grace in "Section 2: Part 5"?

2. In "Section 2: Part 6", what does the narrator reveal about Anna's death?

3. What does the narrator believe about life after death?

4. In "Section 2: Part 1", what details can the narrator remember about Chloe?

5. What does the narrator admit to doing to try to better his position in life?

6. How does the narrator explain Chloe's death?

7. Why does the narrator dislike being photographed?

8. What does Miss Vavasour confess to the narrator in "Section 2: Part 6"?

9. What frightens the narrator at the beginning of "Section 2: Part 6"?

10. What does the narrator say Chloe reminds him of in the world to this day?

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