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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne do at the bar that finally prompts the man to approach her in Chapter 4?
(a) Orders beer.
(b) Orders tea.
(c) Orders food.
(d) Orders more wine.

2. Who says, "I'm not used to going so far away from home"?
(a) The man.
(b) The child.
(c) Anne.
(d) The patronne.

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

4. Who leads Anne home from the cafe in Chapter 4?
(a) The patronne.
(b) The child.
(c) The man.
(d) The teacher.

5. 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.

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

7. When does Anne say she goes to the railings at her home?
(a) While her child sleeps.
(b) While her child is away.
(c) While her husband is at work.
(d) While her husband sleeps.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what are the child and Anne walking toward?
(a) The business district.
(b) The lake area.
(c) The affluent area of town.
(d) The port area.

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

10. What does the book say the whole town was talking about at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The bad weather.
(b) Anne.
(c) Anne's child.
(d) The good weather.

11. What time does the workday end?
(a) 6 o'clock.
(b) 5:30.
(c) 5 o'clock.
(d) 7 o'clock.

12. Where does Anne tell the man at the bar she usually goes on her walks instead of to the cafe?
(a) The beach.
(b) The beach or park.
(c) The stores.
(d) The park.

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

14. Who says "the siren went ten minutes ago"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The man.
(c) The child.
(d) The patronne.

15. What kind of problems does Anne suggest the dead woman might have had?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Pathological.
(c) Neurological.
(d) Stress related.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually stops the music lesson to investigate the source of the loud noise outside heard in Chapter 1?

2. What type of sonatina does the child play in his first music lesson?

3. In Chapter 3, what does the child play with while Anne is in the cafe?

4. What does Anne claim the man lied to her about?

5. What is the man at the bar doing when Anne first enters?

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