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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 does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Free.
(c) Creative.
(d) Driven.

2. Though Tony's adopted parents never spoke of his origins, what did M suspect they were?
(a) South Asian.
(b) Native American.
(c) African American.
(d) Hispanic.

3. Where else in the world did the narrator get the same feeling she had when looking at L's paintings?
(a) Her husband's marsh.
(b) The streets of Paris.
(c) The woods.
(d) Her quiet study.

4. What did L tell M he found "obscene" (19) in his first letter to her?
(a) The pollution in L.A.
(b) The traffic in Boston.
(c) The amount of money he was making.
(d) The way women dressed these days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does L tell M he has always felt most at home?

2. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?

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

4. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?

5. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?

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