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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 the music lesson ends in Chapter 1, who does Anne see when she enters the cafe below the teacher's apartment?
(a) A dead woman.
(b) A hurt woman.
(c) A hurt man.
(d) A dead man.

2. What type of flower does the man tell Anne was between her breasts at the factory worker's party the previous year?
(a) A rose.
(b) A magnolia.
(c) A carnation.
(d) A violet.

3. To whom does Anne say, "I suppose you're surprised to see me"?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The man.
(c) The patronne.
(d) A customer.

4. What does Anne tell the man she wishes of her child?
(a) That he had better manners.
(b) That he were smarter.
(c) That he was a baby.
(d) That he was already grown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man do right after Anne sits at the table?

3. What gender and age is the child?

4. Near the end of Chapter 1, from whom do the police take a statement?

5. What object does the patronne watch outside the cafe after Anne and the man sit at a table in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Anne react when Chauvin mentions her lying in bed in Chapter 4?

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

7. How does the man tell Anne the dead woman and her husband met?

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

9. Describe the patronne's reaction when Anne and the man at the bar begin talking again in Chapter 3.

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

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