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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did L tell M he wanted to paint first?
(a) M.
(b) Tony.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Brett.

2. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?
(a) The streets of Paris.
(b) Her quiet study.
(c) The woods.
(d) Her husband's marsh.

3. With whom did L live while his father was dying?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His aunt and uncle.
(c) His older sister and her husband.
(d) Foster parents.

4. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?
(a) Treat every day like the last.
(b) Stay exactly where he was forever.
(c) Change his evil ways.
(d) Cherish his family even more.

5. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) She did not care.
(b) The man threatened her.
(c) She hoped someone else would.
(d) She had lost her voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?

2. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?

3. How did Tony's parents die?

4. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?

5. What did Brett say the second place seemed to be straight out of when she first saw it?

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