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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Anne lecture the child about at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His attitude.
(c) Playing his lesson perfectly.
(d) Piano etiquette and respect.

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

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

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 rose.
(d) A carnation.

6. What does Anne first ask the man when they talk at the cafe in Chapter 3?
(a) Where he lives.
(b) What his name is.
(c) Why he isn't working.
(d) Why he is there.

7. The child ask Anne if they are going to walk where?
(a) By a lake.
(b) By the mountains.
(c) To a store.
(d) By the seashore.

8. What habit does Anne admit to the man that she has acquired?
(a) Drinking beer.
(b) Talking to strangers.
(c) Boating.
(d) Drinking wine.

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

10. How many factories does the book say are in Anne's town?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

11. Who is waiting for Anne when she enters the cafe in Chapter 4?
(a) The patronne.
(b) The man.
(c) The teacher.
(d) Anne's husband.

12. At the end of Chapter 1, who is standing with Anne's child when she returns from the scene in the cafe?
(a) No one.
(b) The teacher.
(c) Another child.
(d) A stranger.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is coming from the person's mouth whom Anne sees in the cafe just after the music lesson ends in Chapter 1?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what are the child and Anne walking toward?

3. What does the child stop and watch on his way home at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Who says, "I suspect that he would have done it of his own accord one day"?

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

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