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

2. Where do Anne and the man go to sit after he approaches her in Chapter 4?
(a) Near a window.
(b) At a front table.
(c) The backroom.
(d) At the bar.

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

4. What gesture does the man make towards Anne near the end of their conversation in Chapter 3?
(a) Hugs her.
(b) Puts his hand near hers.
(c) Shakes her hand.
(d) Holds her hand.

5. What does Anne describe as "like black ink"?
(a) Her child.
(b) The shadow of the beech tree.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell Anne is in bloom in her garden?

2. What landscape does Anne see when she looks out the window of the teacher's apartment in Chapter 1?

3. What does the patronne begin to do after Anne leaves the bar to go sit at a table in Chapter 3?

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

5. When does the patronne tell the man that Anne and the child come there for music lessons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the teacher's reaction after Anne, the child, and the teacher investigate the scream outside the window.

2. Describe how the man at the bar acts as more people enter the cafe after the workday has ended.

3. How does Anne react toward the teacher when her child misbehaves in the first music lesson?

4. What does Anne tell Chauvin she does at night while her child is asleep?

5. What do the child and Anne talk about on their way home from the cafe at the end of Chapter 3?

6. Describe the patronne's reaction toward the man and Anne's talking to one another.

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

8. What is the child's reaction when he and Anne arrive at the cafe at the beginning of Chapter 2?

9. Describe how Anne reacts after drinking her first two glasses of wine in Chapter 2.

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

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