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

2. Who is Kurt?
(a) A musician who stayed in the second place.
(b) Justine's boyfriend.
(c) Tony's brother.
(d) M's first husband.

3. 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) Stocked the fridge with his favorite foods.
(c) Repainted the walls and waxed the floors.
(d) Updated the plumbing.

4. Who did M send to L and Brett to get a list of items they might need from the nearest town?
(a) Tony's friends.
(b) Justine and Kurt.
(c) Tony.
(d) Jeffers.

5. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was L when M first wrote to him?

3. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?

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

5. To whom is the narrator speaking in Second Place?

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