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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell Anne is in bloom in her garden?
(a) A magnolia tree.
(b) A rosemary bush.
(c) An orange tree.
(d) A rose bush.

2. 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 to the cafe and drinks.
(c) Has dinner.
(d) Goes home.

3. What does the man say is outside of Anne's house?
(a) A large tree.
(b) A pool.
(c) Many bushes.
(d) A big walled garden.

4. What does Anne say "never fails" and "always comes back"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The wind.
(c) Her child.
(d) Wine.

5. What type of flower does the man tell Anne was between her breasts at the factory worker's party the previous year?
(a) A violet.
(b) A magnolia.
(c) A carnation.
(d) A rose.

6. Where do Anne and the man go to sit after he approaches her in Chapter 4?
(a) Near a window.
(b) The backroom.
(c) At a front table.
(d) At the bar.

7. Where does the child play while Anne drinks at the bar?
(a) Upstairs at the teacher's apartment.
(b) In the street.
(c) On the sidewalk.
(d) In the bar.

8. 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) Knits a hat.
(c) Knits a sweater.
(d) Draws a picture.

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

10. Why can't Anne walk home fast enough for her child at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) She is too drunk.
(b) She is too full of food.
(c) She doesn't want to go back.
(d) She is tired.

11. What does the man tell Anne his name is?
(a) Charles.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Chauvin.
(d) Al.

12. What reason does Anne tell the man she closes her window at night?
(a) It is hot.
(b) The scent of magnolia is overpowering.
(c) It is cold.
(d) She likes it closed.

13. Where does Anne tell the man her house is located?
(a) The first one on the Boulevard de Sands.
(b) The red one on the Boulevard de la Mer.
(c) The blue one on the Boulevard de Sands.
(d) The last one on the Boulevard de la Mer.

14. What term does the teacher ask the child to define in Chapter 1?
(a) Carpe diem.
(b) La dolce vita.
(c) Cinque terre.
(d) Moderato Cantabile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne tell the man she wishes of her child?

2. What gender and age is the child?

3. What does the book say the whole town was talking about at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Over the course of his and Anne's conversation in Chapter 4, what does the man grow concerned about?

5. What does the man do right after Anne sits at the table?

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