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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator assume about Miss Vavasour and the Colonel?

2. What does the narrator compare Rose's confession of love for Mr. Grace to?

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

4. In "Section 2: Part 6", what does the narrator say the sea did to him as a child?

5. What does the narrator compare his brandy bottle to in "Section 2: Part 6"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened the first time the narrator kissed Chloe?

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

3. In "Section 2: Part 4", what does the narrator say about his agreement with Anna?

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

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

6. What does the narrator say about his mother's death in "Section 2: Part 4"?

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

8. In "Section 2: Part 5", what does the narrator use as an example of Chloe's cruelty?

9. How does the narrator say he used to feel about eggs as a child?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast at least two of the vacation locations in this novel. What is significant about each setting?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the author's use of foreshadowing in this novel. Is it effective to reveal tiny clues through the narrator's stories that later become clear? Is the foreshadowing too subtle to be effective?

Essay Topic 3

What commentary does the author deliver about the interaction between the past and present?

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