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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. Where does Anne sit during the music lesson in Chapter 5?
(a) By the window.
(b) On the coach.
(c) In a chair.
(d) By the piano.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what does Anne do at the entrance of the cafe?
(a) Goes right in.
(b) Talks to the child outside.
(c) Talks to the teacher outside.
(d) Pauses and doesn't go in.

3. What does Anne tell Chauvin concerning her child in Chapter 8?
(a) That she invented him.
(b) That she misses him.
(c) That she hates him.
(d) That she adores him.

4. What does the book say had lasted longer than anyone had hoped at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The child's piano lesson.
(c) Anne and Chauvin's relationship.
(d) The good weather.

5. Who says, "strange how children end up by making you lose your temper"?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The patronne.
(c) Chauvin.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the book say the child played the sonatina at the end of his lesson in Chapter 5?

2. Whom is Anne talking about when she says, "once he had realized how much she had wanted him to do it, I'd like you to tell me why he didn't do it"?

3. What does Chauvin pick up and then toss into the sea in Chapter 7?

4. Near the end of Chapter 6, who says they were lying about their explanations regarding the dead woman and her husband?

5. What does Anne drink at the dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the patronne tell Chauvin about Anne during the child's music lesson in Chapter 5?

3. What happens when the teacher makes the child play scales as punishment in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. Describe Anne and the child's walk home from the cafe at the end of Chapter 6.

8. Why does the teacher to tell Anne that she will no longer be able to give the child piano lessons?

9. Describe Anne's appearance at her dinner party.

10. Describe Anne and Chauvin's interaction outside the cafe just before they go inside.

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