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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. In Chapter 12, how long did Fenno plan to go to Paris?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, how long have Fenno and Tony been meeting?
(a) About three weeks.
(b) Nearly three months.
(c) One month.
(d) More than two months.

3. How many bedrooms are there in the house Tony is using in Chapter 14?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. In Chapter 11, what color was the shirt that Fenno remembered receiving from Tony?
(a) Cobalt blue.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Sea green.

5. After Fenno's drive in Chapter 9 to read Lil's letter, what time does he arrive back at Tealing?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) An hour before dawn.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) Two hours past midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fern do for a living?

2. What type of container held Mal's ashes?

3. Where was the hotel where Fenno and Mal stayed when they went to Arran?

4. What did Mal wear when Fenno first met Mal's mother?

5. Where did Lucinda and Zeke live while he finished his degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why do David and Fenno go through the trash from the dinner that was held after Paul's memorial service?

2. What happened to Mal in Chapter 12 when Fenno went to Paris?

3. In the more than ten years that Fern has known Tony, where has he lived?

4. In Chapter 11, why did Tony not let Fenno know that he was leaving?

5. How does Tony leave a place that he has borrowed?

6. Who were Mal's mother's heroines?

7. How does Fenno describe Mal's mother in Chapter 9?

8. Why did Fenno go to Paris in Chapter 12?

9. In Chapter 13, where did Fenno go with Lucinda on a Friday evening?

10. What are David and Lil doing when Fenno goes to see them at the clinic in Chapter 10?

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