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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the man talking about when he says, "perhaps he wanted to kill her right away"?
(a) Anne's husband.
(b) Anne.
(c) The dead woman's husband.
(d) The patronne.

3. What kind of birds does Anne say are everywhere and can be found dead after a storm?
(a) Bluebirds.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Crows.
(d) Pelicans.

4. What does the man do right after Anne sits at the table?
(a) Orders wine.
(b) Introduces himself.
(c) Orders beer.
(d) Asks her name.

5. What object does the patronne watch outside the cafe after Anne and the man sit at a table in Chapter 3?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A car.
(c) A tugboat.
(d) A sailboat.

6. How many years ago did Anne get married?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

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

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

9. What does the child question Anne about that she refuses to answer?
(a) Who the man is.
(b) When they are leaving.
(c) The source of the scream.
(d) Why they are at the bar.

10. What road do Anne and the child walk along at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Luane Drive.
(b) Boulevard Louis.
(c) Boulevard de la Mer.
(d) Wind Street.

11. What does Anne describe as "like black ink"?
(a) Her house.
(b) Her heart.
(c) Her child.
(d) The shadow of the beech tree.

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

13. What does Anne, the child, and the teacher do after they investigate the incident through the window?
(a) They talk about it.
(b) They go downstairs.
(c) They continue looking out the window.
(d) They resume the music lesson.

14. What landscape does Anne see when she looks out the window of the teacher's apartment in Chapter 1?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A lake.
(c) The sea.
(d) Rivers.

15. What does Anne first ask the man when they talk at the cafe in Chapter 3?
(a) Why he is there.
(b) Why he isn't working.
(c) What his name is.
(d) Where he lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Anne say, "I suppose you're surprised to see me"?

2. What is the last name of Anne and the child?

3. Who invites Anne to sit with him/her after she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?

4. Who says, "I'm not used to going so far away from home"?

5. Who leads Anne home from the cafe in Chapter 4?

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