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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 143 - 181.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Justine change her physical appearance after spending more time with Brett?
(a) She grew out her hair and dressed in flattering clothing.
(b) She gained a lot of weight and looked depressed.
(c) She shaved her head and wore sweat suits.
(d) She lost a ton of weight and stopped eating.

2. What did L tell M he heard while wading back from the sandbar?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A bear.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A woman screaming.

3. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?
(a) Kurt.
(b) L.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Justine.

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

5. What did Tony do often when he and M first met?
(a) Write her letters.
(b) Paint her pictures.
(c) Write her songs.
(d) Buy her jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "second place" basically represented how they felt about themselves and their life?

2. What did M do not long after her ex-husband humiliated her in front of Justine?

3. What did M think was a "pointless squandering of [Justine's] femininity" (71)?

4. What did M learn L had done in the letters he wrote to people while staying at the second place?

5. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?

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