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

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

3. How many minutes of scales does the teacher make the child do as punishment?

4. What does the teacher ask of Anne that causes the child to become upset at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Who does the bar patronne say is young?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes the child to play his scales properly during his music lesson in Chapter 5?

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. How does Chauvin describe the flower on Anne's dress to her in Chapter 6?

7. Why does Anne make her child repeat moderately and melodiously at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

9. In what way does Chauvin tell Anne the dead woman obeyed her husband?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of social class and society in the book. In what ways does society and/or social class impact the relationship between Anne and Chauvin?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Anne and Chauvin's relationship mirror their discussion of the dead woman and her husband? Is this done purposefully by both characters? What is the author's purpose for having these comparisons drawn?

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