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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Anne and her child go to after they leave the teacher's neighborhood in Chapter 1?
(a) To a bar.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) To their home in the affluent part of town.
(d) To their home in the port area.

2. What does Anne lecture the child about at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) His attitude.
(b) Playing his lesson perfectly.
(c) Piano etiquette and respect.
(d) His clothes.

3. What does Anne do at the bar that finally prompts the man to approach her in Chapter 4?
(a) Orders tea.
(b) Orders beer.
(c) Orders more wine.
(d) Orders food.

4. What is the name of the child's teacher?
(a) Mademoiselle Chauvin.
(b) Mademoiselle Giraud.
(c) Madame Chauvin.
(d) Madame Giraud.

5. Who says, "this is where the scream came from, I remember"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The patronne.
(c) The man.
(d) The child.

6. What kind of problems does Anne suggest the dead woman might have had?
(a) Neurological.
(b) Pathological.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Stress related.

7. Who eventually stops the music lesson to investigate the source of the loud noise outside heard in Chapter 1?
(a) The teacher.
(b) Anne.
(c) No one.
(d) The child.

8. What habit does Anne admit to the man that she has acquired?
(a) Talking to strangers.
(b) Drinking wine.
(c) Boating.
(d) Drinking beer.

9. What does the teacher use to strike the instrument at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A pencil.
(c) Her hand.
(d) A stick.

10. In Chapter 3, what does the child play with while Anne is in the cafe?
(a) A dog.
(b) A boat.
(c) Another child.
(d) The teacher.

11. What does Anne do when she and the child leave the music lesson in Chapter 1?
(a) Questions the crowd about what caused the loud noise.
(b) Goes home.
(c) Goes to the cafe and drinks.
(d) Has dinner.

12. Who says, "do you think that it's possible for anyone to reach such a state except through despair"?
(a) The man.
(b) Anne.
(c) The child.
(d) The patronne.

13. Where does the man at the bar say the dead woman's husband worked?
(a) In the cafe.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The dockyard.
(d) He doesn't say.

14. What does Anne tell the man she wishes of her child?
(a) That he were smarter.
(b) That he was already grown.
(c) That he was a baby.
(d) That he had better manners.

15. When does Anne say she goes to the railings at her home?
(a) While her husband sleeps.
(b) While her child is away.
(c) While her child sleeps.
(d) While her husband is at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "the siren went ten minutes ago"?

2. What does Anne tell the patronne about her child when she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?

3. What does the bar patronne do once the workday has ended?

4. The child ask Anne if they are going to walk where?

5. What objects does Anne see when she looks out the window of the teacher's apartment in Chapter 1?

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