View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 109 - 142.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Candy's letter, why does she say she had been thinking of L and their time in California?
(a) Her daughter is the same age Candy was then.
(b) She came across an old photo album.
(c) She read an article about L.
(d) Her marriage is falling apart.

2. What did Kurt and Justine do at the house while M and Tony drove to get L?
(a) Cooked dinner.
(b) Watched television.
(c) Slept.
(d) Ordered pizza.

3. What did M choose to wear for her sitting with L?
(a) A three piece suit.
(b) Her wedding dress.
(c) Jeans and tight-fitting t-shirt.
(d) A smock.

4. What did M realize about the mural Brett and L were making on the walls of the second place?
(a) She was Eve.
(b) Brett was the best painter she had seen.
(c) It was going to increase the value of her property.
(d) L was not a very good painter.

5. How did M sometimes feel when Tony asked Kurt to help him with work?
(a) She felt glad Kurt could take some of the burden off Tony.
(b) She felt relieved he was not asking her.
(c) She wanted to protest.
(d) She felt please her daughter had found such a masculine boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M refer to as "all so many stabs in the dark" (69)?

2. What new career path does Kurt announce after Justine begins spending more time with Brett?

3. Who was the only person who appeared to listen to Kurt as he read his manuscript?

4. What did L's father do when he was young to keep him near him and away from his mother?

5. What did L tell M he and Brett called her ladder-back chair in the second place?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 332 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample