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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 do the cafe customers complain about to the patronne at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) That there are too many customers.
(b) That they need more wine.
(c) That the radio is too loud.
(d) That the radio isn't loud enough.

2. Who does the bar patronne say is young?
(a) Chauvin.
(b) Anne.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The child.

3. What color is Anne's hair?
(a) Black,
(b) Blonde.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

4. How does the teacher tell the child she wants him to know his sonatina for the next lesson?
(a) By heart.
(b) Backwards and forwards.
(c) Good enough.
(d) Better.

5. What does Chauvin pick up and then toss into the sea in Chapter 7?
(a) A stick.
(b) A pebble.
(c) A letter.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "we're going to leave things just as they are...that happens sometimes"?

2. What is served for dessert at the dinner party?

3. Who comments that the child has been working on his sonatina for a month?

4. What does the child say he does not want to do at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does the book say had lasted longer than anyone had hoped at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Anne leaves the cafe at the end of Chapter 8.

2. What does Anne say to Chauvin about her getting sick from wine the night before?

3. What does the patronne say about the child's sonatina when she hears it playing in the cafe?

4. How does Chauvin describe the home life of the dead woman and her husband to Anne?

5. How does the teacher respond to Anne after she says that to improve his piano playing her child just needs to apply himself more?

6. What does Anne tell Chauvin about the women who lived behind the beech tree?

7. Describe Anne and Chauvin's appearance in Chapter 8.

8. Describe how Anne and Chauvin react when the child enters the cafe near the end of Chapter 6.

9. How are the guests at the dinner party described?

10. What do Anne and Chauvin talk about regarding the child when they first sit down in the cafe in Chapter 6?

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