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

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) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(b) Filled the place with paints and canvases.
(c) Updated the plumbing.
(d) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.

3. Why does the narrator say nothing as she watches an old man fondle a little girl on the train?
(a) She hoped someone else would.
(b) She did not care.
(c) She had lost her voice.
(d) The man threatened her.

4. What did M once see a musician who was staying in the second place to record bird songs doing?
(a) Frying eggs naked.
(b) Flapping around and pretending to be a bird.
(c) Making love to a woman.
(d) Talking to a bird as if it could understand.

5. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Rome.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?

3. What word does the narrator use to describe Jeffers at the start of the story?

4. Which style of painting most spoke to the narrator as she walked through his gallery in Paris?

5. Who told M they had started willing L to come stay in the second place after L finally agreed to come?

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