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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the patronne tell the man that Anne and the child come there for music lessons?
(a) Every other Wednesday.
(b) Every Friday.
(c) Every other Tuesday.
(d) Every Saturday.

2. Where do Anne and her child go to after they leave the teacher's neighborhood in Chapter 1?
(a) To their home in the port area.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) To their home in the affluent part of town.
(d) To a bar.

3. To what does Anne compare the dead woman's scream when discussing the death with the man?
(a) Her own during childbirth.
(b) Her child's.
(c) A banshee.
(d) The teacher's.

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

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

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

7. Who says, "it would have been impossible for me not to come back"?
(a) The man.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The child.
(d) Anne.

8. Who says, "all I know is that he shot her through the heart"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The child.
(c) The man at the bar.
(d) The patronne.

9. After the music lesson ends in Chapter 1, who does Anne see when she enters the cafe below the teacher's apartment?
(a) A dead woman.
(b) A hurt man.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A hurt woman.

10. Who says, "keep talking to me. Soon I won't ask you anything more"?
(a) The man.
(b) The child.
(c) Anne.
(d) The patronne.

11. What is the last name of Anne and the child?
(a) Giraud.
(b) Diabelli.
(c) Chauvin.
(d) Desbaresdes.

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

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

14. What is described as "bouncing up and down" on the child's back at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) A school satchel.
(b) His shirt.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A toy rabbit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal does the child observe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What or whom announces the end of the workday in Chapter 2?

3. Where does the man at the bar say the dead woman's husband worked?

4. Where does Anne tell the man the boulevard she lives on will be extended to?

5. When does Anne say she goes to the railings at her home?

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