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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36 - 68.

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) Kurt.
(b) Tony.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) Justine.

2. What did Kurt and Justine do at the house while M and Tony drove to get L?
(a) Watched television.
(b) Ordered pizza.
(c) Slept.
(d) Cooked dinner.

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

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the writer with whom she spent her last night in Paris?
(a) Earnest.
(b) Egotist.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Environmentalist.

5. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did M's psychoanalyst do which she found offensive and so she stopped seeing him?

2. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?

3. What period of M's life does she say her first encounter with L's artwork coincided?

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

5. What did M tell L Tony's early experience with death forced him to do?

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