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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The child.
(b) The teacher.
(c) No one.
(d) Anne.

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

3. Which of the following does Anne not see in the cafe in Chapter 1?
(a) A man taking a photograph.
(b) The dead woman's husband.
(c) A knife.
(d) The police taking statements.

4. Who says, "I told you the last time, I told you the time before that, I've told you a hundred times"?
(a) Anne.
(b) The child.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of flower does the man tell Anne was between her breasts at the factory worker's party the previous year?

2. Who says, "keep talking to me. Soon I won't ask you anything more"?

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

4. What does Anne describe as "like black ink"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. During their conversation in Chapter 4, how does Chauvin describe how Anne's house looked the previous night?

2. What does the man at the bar tell Anne he knows about her?

3. How does Anne react towards the man when he asks her questions about her home?

4. In the first chapter, what does Anne do just after the music lesson ends and they leave the teacher's apartment?

5. Describe the conversation between the man at the bar and Anne when they first meet.

6. How do Anne and Chauvin react towards one another when she first enters the cafe in Chapter 4?

7. How does Anne describe her bedroom window to the man in Chapter 3?

8. How does the man at the bar react toward Anne when she repeats his theories of the murder at the end of Chapter 2?

9. Describe what Anne, the child, and the teacher see when they look outside the window to investigate the source of the scream.

10. Describe the interaction between the child and the teacher in Chapter 1.

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