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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne tell the man at the bar she does with her child everyday?

2. What does Anne, the child, and the teacher do after they investigate the incident through the window?

3. Where do Anne and her child go to after they leave the teacher's neighborhood in Chapter 1?

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

5. Who says, "I told you the last time, I told you the time before that, I've told you a hundred times"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what the dead woman's husband does just before he is taken off in the police van.

4. How does Anne react towards the man when he asks her questions about her home?

5. How does Anne react toward the teacher when her child misbehaves in the first music lesson?

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

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

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

9. Describe Anne's reaction after they hear the woman's loud scream in Chapter 1.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role and symbolism of wine in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the siren in the book. What significance did have to the characters of the book? What did it signify to Anne and Chauvin during their meetings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance in physical contact in the book. What is the difference in the contact between Anne and her child and Anne and Chauvin? What might physical contact signify to these characters?

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