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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is Anne late for when she talks with Chauvin in the cafe?
(a) A dinner reservation.
(b) The opera.
(c) The factory workers party.
(d) A dinner party.

2. What question does the child ask Anne just after leaving the music lesson in Chapter 5?
(a) He asks if she will buy him ice cream.
(b) He asks if she likes the teacher.
(c) He asks if they can go to the port.
(d) He asks if she saw how awful the teacher was.

3. What has Chauvin failed to do the morning of his and Anne's meeting at the cafe in Chapter 8?
(a) Drink wine.
(b) Eat.
(c) Shave.
(d) Dress.

4. What time does the patronne tell Anne and Chauvin it is?
(a) 7:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 6:30.
(d) 5:30.

5. What does the teacher ask of Anne that causes the child to become upset at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) If someone else could bring the child to the lesson.
(b) If they could change the location of the lesson.
(c) If they could stop the lessons.
(d) If they could change the day of the lesson.

6. After leaving the beach, Chauvin approaches what part of Anne's home?
(a) The front door.
(b) Her window.
(c) The back door.
(d) The garden railings.

7. How is Anne's voice described as in the book?
(a) Steady and solid.
(b) Loud and annoying.
(c) Steady and wooden.
(d) Soft and sweet.

8. During her conversation with Chauvin in Chapter 6, how long away does Anne say she will be taking her child on a vacation?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

9. Where does Anne tell Chauvin she will be taking her child on vacation?
(a) The city.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The lake.

10. What does the teacher tell Anne as the child is finishing his lesson in Chapter 5?
(a) That she wants to see him less.
(b) That she may not be able to continue teaching him.
(c) That she wants to see him more.
(d) That she wants to move days.

11. What does Anne tell Chauvin regarding her child's music lesson in Chapter 8?
(a) That someone else would start taking him to the lessons.
(b) That they have been moved.
(c) That they got a new teacher.
(d) That he wouldn't be taking them anymore.

12. How does the book say the child played the sonatina at the end of his lesson in Chapter 5?
(a) Badly.
(b) Almost perfect.
(c) Well.
(d) Perfectly.

13. Which of the following rooms does Chauvin not mention Anne watching men on the street from?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Garden.
(c) Hallway.
(d) Bedroom.

14. What type of fish is first mentioned at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Grouper.
(b) Swordfish.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Tuna.

15. After she told him of the dead women who once lived in her bedroom, what does Anne say the child asked?
(a) He missed them.
(b) He wanted to talk to them.
(c) He wanted to meet them.
(d) He was scared of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Anne not bring herself to do during the dinner party?

2. Who insists that Anne continue drinking wine in Chapter 6?

3. Who is the only person in the cafe during the child's music lesson in Chapter 5?

4. What tempo does the child say he is playing in after being questioned by the teacher in Chapter 5?

5. How many people are waiting for Anne when she arrives late for her dinner party?

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