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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. Where does Anne go when she leaves the dinner table during the party?
(a) The child's room.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) Outside.
(d) The hallway.

2. Who says, "we're going to leave things just as they are...that happens sometimes"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The child.
(c) Chauvin.
(d) The patronne.

3. Who stands at the door of the child's room at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) No one.
(b) Chauvin.
(c) Anne's husband.
(d) Anne.

4. When Chauvin begins describing a scene to Anne in the cafe in Chapter 6, what does he say she is leaning on?
(a) A grand piano.
(b) A chair.
(c) A sofa.
(d) The staircase.

5. What does Anne do on the floor of the room after leaving the dinner party?
(a) Yells.
(b) Cries.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the book say the child played the sonatina at the end of his lesson in Chapter 5?

2. What do the dinner guests suggest is making Anne nauseous?

3. What does Anne tell Chauvin regarding her child's music lesson in Chapter 8?

4. What does Chauvin pick up and then toss into the sea in Chapter 7?

5. What is the first thing that Chauvin comments to Anne when she arrives at the cafe in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anne and Chauvin's appearance in Chapter 8.

2. Describe Anne and Chauvin's interaction outside the cafe just before they go inside.

3. What does the patronne tell Chauvin about Anne during the child's music lesson in Chapter 5?

4. How does Chauvin describe the flower on Anne's dress to her in Chapter 6?

5. How is the preparation of the salmon described in Chapter 7?

6. Describe Anne's appearance at her dinner party.

7. How do Anne and the child react when the teacher asks that someone besides Anne bring him to his music lessons from then on?

8. What does the patronne say about the child's sonatina when she hears it playing in the cafe?

9. What causes the child to play his scales properly during his music lesson in Chapter 5?

10. Why does Anne make her child repeat moderately and melodiously at the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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