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

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) The woods.
(c) Her husband's marsh.
(d) Her quiet study.

3. What does the narrator say Tony "does not show weakness of" (22)?
(a) Pride.
(b) Neglect.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Charity.

4. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

5. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?
(a) An island.
(b) A cabin in the woods.
(c) His New York studio.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?

4. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?

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

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