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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tony discover when clearing the land near their house after he purchased it?
(a) A suitcase of L's paintings.
(b) A safe filled with gold.
(c) A old graveyard.
(d) A decaying cottage.

2. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?
(a) Jeffers.
(b) Justine.
(c) Tony.
(d) Kurt.

3. What type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?
(a) Landscape.
(b) Still life.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Self-portrait.

4. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?
(a) Justine and Kurt.
(b) Tony.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) M.

5. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrivals the first time he said he would come?
(a) Filled the place with paints and canvases.
(b) Updated the plumbing.
(c) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(d) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M call the cabin on her and her husband's property?

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

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

4. What does the narrator say she learned from a young age would have made her life easier?

5. Who is Kurt?

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