View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 69 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?
(a) To ask him to teach her to paint.
(b) To tell him what a fan of his she was.
(c) To ask him to do an exhibit in her town.
(d) To invite him to stay at her place.

2. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?
(a) He could not be destroyed.
(b) Life was fleeting.
(c) There was no point to life.
(d) Every day was to be cherished.

3. What element of L's early artwork shocked his audience?
(a) The nudity.
(b) The political commentary.
(c) The violence.
(d) The femininity.

4. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Jenson.

5. Who did L suspect gave his father the bruises he often saw on him when he was dying?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) The nurses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?

2. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?

3. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?

4. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?

5. What did M once see a musician who was staying in the second place to record bird songs doing?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 286 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample