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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, the child, and the teacher do after they investigate the incident through the window?
(a) They go downstairs.
(b) They resume the music lesson.
(c) They talk about it.
(d) They continue looking out the window.

2. What gender and age is the child?
(a) Young female.
(b) Young male.
(c) Teenage male.
(d) Teenage female.

3. What does the teacher use to strike the instrument at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A stick.
(b) Her hand.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A ruler.

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

5. What habit does Anne admit to the man that she has acquired?
(a) Boating.
(b) Talking to strangers.
(c) Drinking beer.
(d) Drinking wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Anne to sit with him/her after she enters the cafe in Chapter 3?

2. What time does the workday end?

3. What type of tree does the man describe as one of the most beautiful in Anne's garden?

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

5. To what does Anne compare the dead woman's scream when discussing the death with the man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what can be seen outside the teacher's apartment.

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

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

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

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

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

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