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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 does Anne tell the patronne about her child when she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?
(a) That he is always alone.
(b) That he is sweet.
(c) That he has many friends.
(d) That he likes to make friends.

2. Who is the man talking about when he says, "perhaps he wanted to kill her right away"?
(a) Anne.
(b) Anne's husband.
(c) The dead woman's husband.
(d) The patronne.

3. Who says, "I suspect that he would have done it of his own accord one day"?
(a) The man.
(b) Anne.
(c) The child.
(d) The patronne.

4. What does the child stop and watch on his way home at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The lightning.
(b) The birds.
(c) The boats.
(d) The waves.

5. Which of the following does the patronne not say about the dead woman?
(a) She had three children.
(b) She drank.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) She was married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does the man make towards Anne near the end of their conversation in Chapter 3?

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

3. Why can't Anne walk home fast enough for her child at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What type of animal does the child observe at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What does the book say the whole town was talking about at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Anne describe the dead woman's scream to the man in Chapter 3?

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