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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What does Anne claim the man lied to her about?
(a) His name.
(b) His profession.
(c) That the woman's husband murdered her.
(d) That the murdered woman was a drunk.

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

7. What or whom announces the end of the workday in Chapter 2?
(a) The patronne.
(b) The siren.
(c) The man.
(d) A bell.

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

9. What does the child stop and watch on his way home at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The waves.
(b) The lightning.
(c) The birds.
(d) The boats.

10. What objects does Anne see when she looks out the window of the teacher's apartment in Chapter 1?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Cruise ships.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Motorboats.

11. Over the course of his and Anne's conversation in Chapter 4, what does the man grow concerned about?
(a) His own appearance.
(b) The time.
(c) The wine.
(d) The child.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After hearing the noise outside the window during the music lesson in Chapter 1, which character insists that no one investigate and the lesson continue?

2. Which of the following does the patronne not say about the dead woman?

3. Anne tells the man that she throws a reception for whom at her house every year?

4. Whom does Anne describe as "talented enough, but doesn't apply himself"?

5. What instrument does the child learn in the book?

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