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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the patronne not say about the dead woman?
(a) She drank.
(b) She had three children.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) She was married.

2. What does the bar patronne do once the workday has ended?
(a) Sets up glasses.
(b) Wipes the counter.
(c) Turns down the radio and sets up glasses on the bar.
(d) Turns up the radio.

3. Who first brings up the murdered woman and her husband in Chapter 4?
(a) The child.
(b) The man.
(c) The patronne.
(d) Anne.

4. What instrument does the child learn in the book?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Flute.
(d) Harp.

5. To whom does Anne say, "I suppose you're surprised to see me"?
(a) The man.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The patronne.
(d) A customer.

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

7. What does the patronne begin to do after Anne leaves the bar to go sit at a table in Chapter 3?
(a) Drinks tea.
(b) Draws a picture.
(c) Knits a sweater.
(d) Knits a hat.

8. What noise is heard outside the window of the teacher during the music lesson?
(a) A woman yelling.
(b) A man's scream.
(c) A man yelling.
(d) A woman's scream.

9. Near the end of Chapter 1, from whom do the police take a statement?
(a) Anne.
(b) The dead woman's husband.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The bar patronne.

10. What does Anne tell the man at the bar she does with her child everyday?
(a) Takes him on a walk.
(b) Feeds him.
(c) Takes him on a boat ride.
(d) Buys him a toy.

11. What does Anne tell the patronne about her child when she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?
(a) That he is sweet.
(b) That he likes to make friends.
(c) That he is always alone.
(d) That he has many friends.

12. What does Anne tell her child she will buy for him at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A truck.
(b) A red motorboat.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A blue tugboat.

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

14. Whom does the child say did not make the noise in the cafe?
(a) Anne.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The patronne.
(d) The dead woman's husband.

15. Anne tells the man that she throws a reception for whom at her house every year?
(a) The teachers in town.
(b) The restaurant workers.
(c) Her friends.
(d) The factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What road do Anne and the child walk along at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What does the teacher scold Anne about in Chapter 1?

3. What does the child question Anne about that she refuses to answer?

4. When does the patronne tell the man that Anne and the child come there for music lessons?

5. Where do Anne and the child go to when they leave their affluent part of town at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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