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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?
(a) Landscapes.
(b) Portraits.
(c) Surrealist.
(d) Modernist.

4. Where was L when M first wrote to him?
(a) L.A.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) San Franciso.
(d) Chicago.

5. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?
(a) Her father.
(b) A thief.
(c) The devil.
(d) Her first husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?

3. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?

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

5. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?

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