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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the people with whom L lived while his father died described?
(a) Rough and rambunctious.
(b) Quiet and calm.
(c) Studious and intellectually.
(d) Hardworking and rough around the edges.

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

3. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Jeffers.
(c) Tony.
(d) Justine.

4. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?
(a) The traffic in Boston.
(b) The pollution in L.A.
(c) The way women dressed these days.
(d) The amount of money he was making.

5. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?
(a) Jeffers.
(b) Tony.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Kurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Though Tony's adopted parents never spoke of his origins, what did M suspect they were?

3. Who is Brett?

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

5. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?

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