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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one example the narrator cites as moments when things do not turn out as planned?
(a) Building the second place.
(b) Her first marriage.
(c) L's visit.
(d) Motherhood.

2. In what way does Brett seem out of place when they meet at the harbor town?
(a) She is very quiet.
(b) She is overly affectionate.
(c) She is overdressed.
(d) She is dressed in rags.

3. What type of business did L's family own?
(a) Slaughterhouse.
(b) Bowling alley.
(c) Tree farm.
(d) Dairy farm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did L tell M he wanted to paint first?

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

3. What did Kurt and Justine do at the house while M and Tony drove to get L?

4. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?

5. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?

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