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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 is the man at the bar doing when Anne first enters?

2. What gender and age is the child?

3. What is coming from the person's mouth whom Anne sees in the cafe just after the music lesson ends in Chapter 1?

4. When does Anne say she goes to the railings at her home?

5. In Chapter 3, what does the child play with while Anne is in the cafe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. During their conversation in Chapter 4, what does Anne tell Chauvin she already knew about him?

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

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

7. How does Anne describe her bedroom window to the man in Chapter 3?

8. Describe the interaction between the man at the bar and the patronne just after Anne leaves in Chapter 2.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of the child in the book. What reasons can be given for not giving the child a name? What role does the child play to the book's overall theme?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the role and symbolism of wine in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the child's lack of obedience in the book. What reasons might the child have for misbehaving? What does his lack of obedience say about Anne's parenting?

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